No. 504

8 Line

Box 080

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the die-cut method. The type block is stamped Patented Dec, 20, 1887 which was used by Page starting in 1887.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1890 Page’s New Process Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 504 was shown in American Wood Type on page 287 and in the folio on page 86.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page No 117 [270]

This cut is the Page cut.

Of the 17 faces designed as a die-cut type by Page and Setchell, this design is one of nine examples in the collection.

In American Wood Type this design is mislabeled No 154.

simple specimen of No. 504 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    2
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    4
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    3
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    -
  • b
    -
  • c
    -
  • d
    -
  • e
    -
  • f
    -
  • g
    -
  • h
    -
  • i
    -
  • j
    -
  • k
    -
  • l
    -
  • m
    -
  • n
    -
  • o
    -
  • p
    -
  • q
    -
  • r
    -
  • s
    -
  • t
    -
  • u
    -
  • v
    -
  • w
    -
  • x
    -
  • y
    -
  • z
    -
  • 0
    4
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    3
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No. 504 type

Specimens of New Process Wood Type! (1890); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

No. 504 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No. 504, page 287, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, green bull smashing into black letters causing some to fly around and disrupt the composition

From RRK Folio Revisited
Kenny Ly, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024