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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    2
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  • N
    3
  • O
    2
  • 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)