Kurilian No. 2

16 Line

Box 147

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase & Figures

  • This type measures 16 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 Alexander Vanderburgh and Heber Wells in their 1879 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of Kurilian No 2 was shown in American Wood Type on page 291 and in the folio on page 27.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Wells Kurilian No 2 or No 616

This is the Wells cut.

Kurilian No. 2 seems to have only been shown by Wells, and does not appear to have received a Hamilton catalog number after the acquisition.

Kelly labeled this as Kurilian, Eureka in American Wood Type and said that it was shown in the 1880s.

Kurilian is similar but has open medial dots. It was cut by Heber Wells [5240] and by National Printers’ Materials. Eureka is also similar but with no medial dots and was cut by both Heber Wells [5239] and Page [318].

simple specimen of Kurilian No. 2 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Kurilian No. 2 type

Specimens of Vanderburgh, Wells & Co’s Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c. (1872); TypTS 870.72.865, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Kurilian No. 2 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Kurilian No. 2, page 291, 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 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