Tuscan Open

Box 092

Antique | Tuscan | Uppercase

  • This type measures 16 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 1849 Specimen of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Tuscan Open was shown in American Wood Type on page 288 and in the folio on page 49.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Bill, Stark Tuscan Open
Knox Open Tuscan
Page Tuscan Open
Wells Tuscan Open

This cut has not yet been matched to a manufacturer.

Cooley showed a shaded version of this design named Tuscan Outline Shade No 2 in his c.1859 Specimens of Wood Type.

In American Wood Type Kelly named this design Tuscan Outlined.

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

Character Quantities

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    3
  • B
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    2
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    2
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  • I
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  • J
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  • K
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  • L
    3
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    1
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    1
  • U
    3
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
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    1
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  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    4
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    2
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Tuscan Open type

Specimen of Wood Type, “Cut by Machinery” by Wells & Webb (1849); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Tuscan Open, page 288, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)