Gothic Tuscan Pointed

11 Line

Box 153

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 11 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 William H. Page in his 1859 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Gothic Tuscan Pointed was shown in American Wood Type on page 319 and in the folio on page 90.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Cooley Gothic Tuscan Pointed
Page Antique Tuscan No 10 [335]
Wells [5228]

This cut has not yet been matched to a manufacturer.

In American Wood Type Kelly stated that Gothic Tuscan Pointed was shown by both Cooley and Page in each of their 1859 specimen books. While Page’s Specimens of Wood Type can be definitively dated to 1859, Cooley’s Specimens of Wood Type cannot. Due to business address labels printed in the catalog, it can be discerned that it was produced some time between 1859–1863.

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

Character Quantities

  • A
    4
  • B
    2
  • C
    4
  • D
    4
  • E
    3
  • F
    3
  • G
    2
  • H
    3
  • I
    3
  • J
    2
  • K
    2
  • L
    3
  • M
    3
  • N
    3
  • O
    4
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    4
  • T
    4
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    2
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    2
  • 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
    2
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    2
  • Open Apos/Comma
    -
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    2
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    -
  • Dash
    2
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Gothic Tuscan Pointed type

J. G. Cooley & Co’s Specimens of Wood Type (c. 1859); John M. Wing Foundation, Newberry Library, Chicago.

Gothic Tuscan Pointed specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Gothic Tuscan Pointed, page 319, 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 letters in a narrow column and numbers in the shape of a cannonball hitting the column and knocking things out of place

From RRK Folio Revisited
Colin Nations, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 3
2024