Antique Extended

5 Line

Box 022

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 5 line in size and was produced with the veneer method. The type block does not have a manufacturers stamp, but it is known that it was produced in 1881 by Hamilton.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Edwin Allen in George Nesbitt’s 1838 First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery.
  • This cut of Antique Extended was shown in American Wood Type on page 245 and in the folio on page 7.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Allen Antique Extended
Bill, Stark Antique Extended
Cooley Antique Extended
Hamilton No 77
Knox Extended Antique
Morgans & Wilcox Antique Extended [3016]
Page Antique Extended [254]
Tubbs No 2050
Wells Antique Extended or No 346 [5016]

This is the Hamilton cut.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    2
  • B
    3
  • C
    3
  • D
    3
  • E
    3
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    2
  • J
    3
  • K
    2
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    4
  • O
    5
  • P
    3
  • Q
    2
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    4
  • U
    3
  • V
    3
  • W
    3
  • X
    2
  • Y
    3
  • 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
    9
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    1
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    1
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    4
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    3
  • Close Apos
    4
  • Period
    2
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    2
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    7
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Antique Extended type

First Premium Wood Types, Cut by Machinery (1838); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

alt: Antique style letters and numbers are printed in red atop another antique typeface in black on white paper

From American Wood Types 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1964), Kelly’s original folio of type specimens. Page 7 features the uppercase characters from Antique Extended (5 line) and Grecian (7 line).