Tuscan Egyptian

10 Line

Box 087

Antique | Clarendon | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 10 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped The Hamilton Mfg. Co, Chicago & Two Rivers which was used by Hamilton between 1889–1891.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Alexander Vanderburgh and Heber Wells in their 1877 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Tuscan Egyptian was shown in American Wood Type on page 293 and in the folio on page 41.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton No 59
Wells Tuscan Egyptian or No 553 [5520]

This is the Hamilton cut.

simple specimen of Tuscan Egyptian wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Tuscan Egyptian type

Specimens of Vanderburgh, Wells & Co’s Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c. (1877); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Tuscan Egyptian specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Tuscan Egyptian, page 293, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)

letterpress print wood type specimen from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, lowercase and uppercase letters, framed by borders printed in a single layer using black ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Karlee Williams, class of 2026
Folio Residency Session 4
2025