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.
Character Quantities
- A3
- B2
- C2
- D2
- E4
- F2
- G2
- H2
- I3
- J1
- K1
- L2
- M2
- N3
- O3
- P2
- Q1
- R2
- S3
- T3
- U2
- V2
- W2
- X1
- Y2
- Z1
- 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-
- 04
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 62
- 71
- 82
- 92
- &1
- $2
- !2
- Open Apos/Comma2
- Close Apos1
- Period2
- Question Mark-
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon-
- Dash1
- Ligature-
- Other-