Gothic Extended
Line
Box 107
Gothic | Lineal | Uppercase & Figures
- This type measures 5 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis. which was used by Hamilton between 1891–1950s.
- This face was first shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1840 Specimen of Plain and Ornamental Wood Type, Cut by Machinery.
- This cut of Gothic Extended was shown in American Wood Type on page 300 and in the folio on page 31.
Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Gothic Extended
Hamilton Gothic Extended or No 126
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic Extended [3070]
National Printers’ Materials Gothic Extended
Page Gothic Extended [4126]
Tubbs No 2058
Wells Gothic Extended or No 246 [5076]
This is the Morgans & Wilcox cut.
Kelly believed that this face most likely originated as a wood type in America.
Character Quantities
- A3
- B3
- C2
- D2
- E3
- F4
- G3
- H2
- I3
- J4
- K1
- L5
- M3
- N2
- O6
- P4
- Q2
- R6
- S4
- T1
- U2
- V3
- W4
- X2
- Y4
- Z2
- 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-
- 02
- 16
- 24
- 34
- 44
- 53
- 64
- 73
- 82
- 94
- &1
- $4
- !3
- Open Apos/Comma-
- Close Apos-
- Period-
- Question Mark-
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon-
- Dash-
- Ligature-
- Other-