No. 132

20 Line

Box 158

Gothic | Tuscan | Uppercase

  • This type measures 20 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 January, 1880 Page’s Wood Type Album.
  • This cut of No 132 was shown in American Wood Type on page 289 and in the folio on page 61.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton No 214
Page No 132 [4214]
Tubbs Modoc No 1 or No 2169
Wells Phanitalian Ornamented No 2 [5216]

This is the Page cut.

simple specimen of No. 132 wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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  • O
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  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    3
  • S
    3
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    1
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Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring No. 132 type

Page’s Wood Type Album,vol. 1, no. 4 (1880); Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology.

No. 132 specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

No. 132, page 289, American Wood Type 1828–1900, Rob Roy Kelly (1969)

letterpress print wood type specimen from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, uppercase letters, printed in two layers using black and yellow ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Ellie Weisblatt, class of 2027
Folio Residency Session 4
2025