No. 506

15 Line

Box 134

Gothic | Modulated | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 15 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 506 was shown in American Wood Type on page 328 and was shown in the folio on page 28.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page No 506
Tubbs No 2093

This cut is the Page cut.

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. 506 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab
simple specimen of No. 506 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
    5
  • J
    -
  • K
    -
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    1
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    3
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    1
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    1
  • a
    5
  • b
    3
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    6
  • f
    3
  • g
    3
  • h
    3
  • i
    4
  • j
    2
  • k
    2
  • l
    3
  • m
    3
  • n
    4
  • o
    5
  • p
    3
  • q
    2
  • r
    4
  • s
    4
  • t
    5
  • u
    3
  • v
    3
  • w
    3
  • x
    2
  • y
    3
  • z
    2
  • 0
    4
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    -
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    4
  • 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. 506 type

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

No. 506 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No. 506, page 328, 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, black alphabet with yellow numbers laying sideways sandwiched in between the rows

From RRK Folio Revisited
Kenny Ly, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 3
2024