No. 131

4 Line

Box 045

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 William H. Page in his January, 1880 Page’s Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 131 was shown in American Wood Type on page 285 and in the folio on page 45.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton No 94
Morgans & Wilcox Peerless [3126]
National Printers’ Materials No 131
Page No 131 [4094]
Tubbs Peerless or No 2087
Wells Old Style Antique No 2 [5118]

This is the Hamilton cut.

simple specimen of No. 131 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No. 131 type

Page’s Wood Type Album,vol. 1, no. 4 (1880); Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology.

No. 131 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No.131, page 285, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)

A large antique typeface displaying “X&U&X” printed atop the page in red on white paper. Beneath, a dotted ornamental line underlines the letters. An antique typeface sits underneath, then a gothic linear typeface in the middle, and a different antique typeface sits at the bottom. All printed in black on white paper.

From American Wood Types 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1964), Kelly’s original folio of type specimens. Page 45 features No. 131 (4 line) , Gothic (4 line) , and Clarendon Light Face (4 line)