Gothic Light Face

6 Line

Box 105

Gothic | Lineal | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 6 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 David Knox in his 1858 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Gothic Light Face was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Gothic Light Face
Hamilton Gothic Light Face or No 21
Knox Gothic Light Face
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic Light Face [3065]
National Printers’ Materials Gothic Light Face
Page Gothic Light Face [4021]
Tubbs No 2069
Wells Gothic Light Face or No 213 [5070]

This is the Hamilton cut.

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

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

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

Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured by D. Knox & Co., Fredericksburg, Ohio (1858); John M. Wing Foundation, Newberry Library, Chicago.

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

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

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, large yellow exclamation point layered under black swirly small letters, and the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in yellow

From RRK Folio Revisited
Kenny Ly, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023