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.

simple specimen of Gothic Tuscan Condensed wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

  • A
    2
  • B
    2
  • C
    2
  • D
    2
  • E
    3
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    3
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    2
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    4
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • 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
    3
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    1
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    2
  • Period
    3
  • 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 Gothic Tuscan Condensed type

Specimen of Wood Type, “Cut by Machinery” by Wells & Webb (1849); ATF Library Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, black and yellow letters creating the shape of antlers and a stag head image under the letters

From RRK Folio Revisited
Gianina Faelnar, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 3
2024

letterpress print specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, yellow and black letters and numbers with a stag image in a circle at the center of composition

From RRK Folio Revisited
Gianina Faelnar, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 3
2024