Gothic Tuscan
5 Line
Box 138
Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures
- This type measures 5 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Vanderburgh, Wells & Co., New York which was used by Wells and Vanderburgh between 1867–1890.
- This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in James Conner’s Sons Typographic Messenger, Vol.2 No.1 (November, 1866).
- This cut of Gothic Tuscan was shown in American Wood Type on page 308 and in the folio on page 32.
Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton Gothic Tuscan or No 185
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic Tuscan [3088]
Page Gothic Tuscan [4185]
Tubbs Gothic Tuscan or No 2136
Wells Gothic Tuscan or No 661 [5096]
This is the Wells cut.
Kelly noted that the Gothic Tuscan style was first shown in the lighter and more condensed style by Bill, Stark & Co. in their 1853 specimen. Though it seems almost all manufacturers named the style Gothic Tuscan, Kelly referred to this style, more descriptively as Concave Tuscan.
Character Quantities
- A4
- B2
- C3
- D3
- E3
- F2
- G3
- H3
- I4
- J3
- K2
- L4
- M2
- N3
- O6
- P3
- Q2
- R3
- S4
- T4
- U3
- V3
- W2
- X1
- Y2
- Z2
- a4
- b3
- c4
- d3
- e4
- f3
- g3
- h3
- i4
- j2
- k2
- l4
- m3
- n4
- o4
- p2
- q2
- r4
- s5
- t4
- u2
- v3
- w3
- x2
- y3
- z2
- 02
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 41
- 52
- 61
- 72
- 82
- 92
- &2
- $2
- !2
- Open Apos/Comma1
- Close Apos-
- Period4
- Question Mark-
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon-
- Dash1
- Ligature-
- Other-