Antique Tuscan Open

8 Line

Box 104

Antique | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 8 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Vanderburgh, Wells & Co., New York which was used by Wells and Vanderburgh between 1867–1890.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in wood type section of W. & H Hagar’s 1854 Specimen of PrintingTypes.
  • This cut of Antique Tuscan Open was shown in American Wood Type on page 283 and in the folio on page 73.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Antique Tuscan Open
Knox Antique Tuscan Open
National Printers’ Materials Antique Tuscan Open
Page Antique Tuscan Open [416]
Wells Antique Tuscan Open

This cut has not yet been matched to a manufacturer.

Kelly named this design Antique Tuscan Outlined in American Wood Type.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    2
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    4
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    3
  • J
    1
  • K
    1
  • L
    2
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    3
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    3
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • 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
    4
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    1
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    1
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    1
  • 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 Tuscan Open type

Specimens of Printing Types, Ornaments, Borders, &c. from the Type and Stereotype Foundry of W. & H. Hagar (1854); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Antique Tuscan Outlined, page 283, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)