Gothic Tuscan Condensed
8 Line
Box 148
Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures
- This type measures 8 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 Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in their 1849 Specimen of Plain and Ornamental Wood Type.
- This cut of Gothic Tuscan Condensed was shown in American Wood Type on page 317 and in the folio on page 60.
Type name used by manufacturer:
Bill, Stark Gothic Tuscan Condensed
Cooley Gothic Tuscan
Hamilton Gothic Tuscan Condensed or No. 20
Knox Condensed Gothic Tuscan
Morgans & Wilcox Gothic Tuscan Condensed [3085]
National Printers’ Materials Gothic Tuscan Condensed
Page Gothic Tuscan Condensed [4020]
Tubbs Gothic Tuscan No 12 or No 2134
Wells Gothic Tuscan Condensed No 10 or No 658 [5087]
Kelly noted that this style most likely originated as a wood type in America. Ornamented variations appeared in Page’s 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.
Also similar to Hamilton No 63 shown in 1880.
This is the Morgans & Wilcox cut.
Character Quantities
- A2
- B2
- C2
- D2
- E3
- F2
- G2
- H2
- I3
- J2
- K1
- L4
- M2
- N3
- O4
- P2
- Q1
- R2
- S4
- T2
- U2
- V2
- W2
- X1
- Y2
- Z1
- 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-
- 03
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
- 72
- 82
- 92
- &1
- $1
- !1
- Open Apos/Comma2
- Close Apos2
- Period3
- Question Mark-
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon-
- Dash-
- Ligature-
- Other-