No. 124

24 Line

Box 126

Gothic | Modulated | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 24 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his July, 1879 Page’s Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 124 was shown in American Wood Type on page 321 and in the folio on pages 2 and 3.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton No 192
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic Tuscan Condensed No 2 [3211]
Page No 124 [4192]
Tubbs Gothic Tuscan No 8 or No 2124

This is the Hamilton cut.

simple specimen of No. 124 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of No. 124 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
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    3
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    3
  • P
    1
  • Q
    -
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • 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
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    1
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    2
  • 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 No. 124 type

Page’s Wood Type Album, vol. 1, no. 2 (1879); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

No. 124 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No.124, page 321, 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, rows of large yellow type filling up whole page layered under black rows of type of three different sizes in alphabetical order so it creates a wave-like visual

From RRK Folio Revisited
Madison Tran, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024