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.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    3
  • B
    3
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    3
  • F
    4
  • G
    3
  • H
    2
  • I
    3
  • J
    4
  • K
    1
  • L
    5
  • M
    3
  • N
    2
  • O
    6
  • P
    4
  • Q
    2
  • R
    6
  • S
    4
  • T
    1
  • U
    2
  • V
    3
  • W
    4
  • X
    2
  • Y
    4
  • Z
    2
  • 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
    -
  • 0
    2
  • 1
    6
  • 2
    4
  • 3
    4
  • 4
    4
  • 5
    3
  • 6
    4
  • 7
    3
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    4
  • &
    1
  • $
    4
  • !
    3
  • Open Apos/Comma
    -
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    -
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Specimen of Plain and Ornamental Wood Type, Cut by Machinery, by Wells & Webb (Late D. Wells & Co.) (1840); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Gothic Extended, page 280, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)