No. 500
10 Line
Box 135
Gothic | Modulated | Lowercase
- This type measures 10 line in size and was produced with the die-cut method. The type block is stamped Patented Dec, 20, 1887 which was used by Page starting in 1887.
- This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1890 Page’s New Process Wood Type Album.
- No 500 was shown in American Wood Type on page 329. This cut was not shown in the folio.
Type name used by manufacturer:
Page No 500
This cut is the Page cut.
The collection also includes an incomplete set of 6 line numerals of No 500.
Of the 17 faces designed as a die-cut type by Page and Setchell, this design is one of nine examples in the collection.
- No. 500: 10 Line, #135
- No. 500: 12 Line, #136
Character Quantities
- 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-
- a4
- b4
- c4
- d3
- e6
- f4
- g4
- h2
- i8
- j2
- k2
- l5
- m3
- n3
- o3
- p4
- q2
- r5
- s5
- t7
- u5
- v4
- w4
- x2
- y4
- z2
- 0-
- 1-
- 2-
- 3-
- 4-
- 5-
- 6-
- 7-
- 8-
- 9-
- &-
- $-
- !-
- Open Apos/Comma5
- Close Apos2
- Period1
- Question Mark-
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon-
- Dash1
- Ligature-
- Other-
Additional Specimens & Other Content
Specimens of New Process Wood Type! (1890); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library
No. 500, page 329, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)