No. 500

12 Line

Box 136

Gothic | Modulated | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 12 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.
  • This cut of No 500 was shown in American Wood Type on page 329 and in the folio on page 78.

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.

simple specimen of No. 500 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
    1
  • G
    2
  • H
    1
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • 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
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    3
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    3
  • Period
    -
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    1
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No. 500 type

Specimens of New Process Wood Type! (1890); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library

No. 500 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No. 500, page 329, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)