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)

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
Jude Swagel, class of 2028
Folio Residency Session 4
2025