Gothic Special

5 Line

Box 106

Gothic | Lineal | Uppercase, Lowercase & 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 J.E. Hamilton in his 1906 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Gothic Special was shown in American Wood Type on page 303 and in the folio on page 47.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Gothic Special or No 6026
Tubbs No 2068

This is the Hamilton cut.

Hamilton and Tubbs seem to be the only manufacturers to have made a Gothic Light Face Triple Condensed. Many competitors made Gothic Light Face Double Condensed or a heavier weight Gothic Triple Condensed.

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

Character Quantities

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

Specimens of Wood Type, Wood Ornaments, Flourishes, Dashes, Silhouettes, Catchwords, Corners, Fractions, Calendars and Borders Manufactured by The Hamilton Mfg. Co. (1906); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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

Gothic Special, 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