Roman Extended

6 Line

Box 013

Roman | Fat Face | Uppercase

  • This type measures 6 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Page & Co., Greenville, Ct. which was used by Page and Basset between 1857–1859.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Edwin Allen in George Nesbitt’s 1838 First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery.
  • This cut of Roman Extended was shown in American Wood Type on page 231 and in the folio on page 23.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Allen Roman Extended
Bill, Stark Roman Extended
Cooley Roman Extended
Knox Extended Roman
Morgans & Wilcox Roman Extended
Page Roman Extended [239]
Tubbs Roman Extended or No 2028
Wells Roman Extended [5151]

This is the Page cut.

plain specimen of Roman Extended wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly collection, printed in the UT Design Lab

Character Quantities

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

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Roman Extended type

First Premium Wood Types, Cut by Machinery (1838); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Roman Extended specimen book page from American Wood Type 1828-1900 by Rob Roy Kelly

Roman Extended, page 231, 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, thick serifed type configured to look like the ocean using blue and black ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Nhu Phung, class of 2025
Folio Residency Session 2
2023