Gothic Tuscan X Condensed Outline

6 Line

Box 141

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 6 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 1882 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline was shown in American Wood Type on page 313 and in the folio on page 95.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page No 59 [343]
Tubbs No 2206
Wells Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline or No 630 [5180]

This is the Page cut.

Vanderburgh, Wells & Co first listed this design in their 1877 Specimens of Wood Type. Bill, Stark & Co showed a shaded variant of this style as Tuscan Extra Condensed Shade No 1 and Tuscan Extra Condensed Shade No 3 in their 1853 Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood Type. Page showed an ornamented shaded variation in the January 1868 issue of The Chicago Specimen, Quarterly for Printers and Publishers.

simple specimen of Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline Wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline type

Specimens of Wood Type & Borders, Manufactured by The Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co., Norwich, Conn. (1882); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Concave Tuscan X Condensed Outline, page 313, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)