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.
Character Quantities
- A3
- B1
- C2
- D2
- E3
- F1
- G1
- H2
- I1
- J2
- K1
- L3
- M2
- N3
- O1
- P2
- Q1
- R3
- S3
- T1
- U3
- 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-
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- 0-
- 1-
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- 9-
- &1
- $-
- !1
- Open Apos/Comma2
- Close Apos2
- Period4
- Question Mark-
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon-
- Dash2
- Ligature-
- Other-