Antique Light Face

4 Line

Box 019

Antique | Egyptian | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 4 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1854 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Antique Light Face was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Antique Light Face [174]
Knox Light Face Antique
National Printers’ Materials Antique Light Face
Page Antique Light Face [4174]
Wells Antique Light Face [5011 & 5012]

This is the Hamilton cut.

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

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured by Wells & Webb (1854); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Antique Light Face specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Antique Light Face, page 250, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)