Gothic

4 Line

Box 108

Gothic | Lineal | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 4 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped The Hamilton Mfg. Co, Chicago & Two Rivers which was used by Hamilton between 1889–1891.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Edwin Allen in George Nesbitt’s 1838 First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery.
  • This cut of Gothic was shown in American Wood Type on page 298 and in the folio on page 45.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Allen Gothic
AWT/Mandel Gothic No 700
Bill, Stark Gothic
Cooley Gothic
Hamilton Gothic or No 29
Knox Gothic
Leavenworth Gothic
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic [3150]
National Printers’ Materials Gothic
Page Gothic [282]
Tubbs Gothic
Wells Gothic

This is the Hamilton cut.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    7
  • B
    6
  • C
    9
  • D
    9
  • E
    9
  • F
    5
  • G
    6
  • H
    8
  • I
    8
  • J
    6
  • K
    4
  • L
    10
  • M
    7
  • N
    10
  • O
    10
  • P
    4
  • Q
    4
  • R
    9
  • S
    12
  • T
    9
  • U
    7
  • V
    5
  • W
    5
  • X
    4
  • Y
    5
  • Z
    4
  • a
    8
  • b
    6
  • c
    6
  • d
    5
  • e
    9
  • f
    6
  • g
    7
  • h
    8
  • i
    12
  • j
    2
  • k
    4
  • l
    8
  • m
    6
  • n
    10
  • o
    9
  • p
    5
  • q
    4
  • r
    9
  • s
    11
  • t
    9
  • u
    8
  • v
    6
  • w
    7
  • x
    3
  • y
    6
  • z
    4
  • 0
    12
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    4
  • 3
    4
  • 4
    4
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    4
  • 7
    4
  • 8
    4
  • 9
    4
  • &
    4
  • $
    3
  • !
    7
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    1
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    3
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

First Premium Wood Types, Cut by Machinery (1838); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Gothic, page 298, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)