DeVinne

8 Line

Box 004

Roman | Old Style | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures

  • This type measures 10 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis. which was used by Hamilton between 1891–1950s.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by Tubbs Mfg Co in their 1909 circular.
  • This cut of Caslon Bold was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton No 730
Tubbs Bold Caslon

This is the Hamilton cut.

In American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, Mac McGrew stated that “The most popular Caslon Bold was introduced by Keystone Type Foundry in 1905…” This cut seems to visually match the Keystone design.

Hamilton first showed this face in c.1915—after the Tubbs acquisition—but instead of adopting the Tubbs number, they introduced their own catalog number for the design, indicating that the Hamilton cut is distinct from the Tubbs cut.

simple specimen of DeVinne 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
    3
  • F
    1
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    4
  • J
    2
  • K
    1
  • L
    4
  • M
    1
  • N
    3
  • O
    3
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    4
  • T
    1
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    2
  • Z
    2
  • a
    4
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    4
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    2
  • i
    4
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    4
  • m
    2
  • n
    3
  • o
    4
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    3
  • s
    3
  • t
    4
  • u
    3
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    2
  • z
    1
  • 0
    5
  • 1
    3
  • 2
    2
  • 3
    2
  • 4
    2
  • 5
    2
  • 6
    2
  • 7
    2
  • 8
    2
  • 9
    2
  • &
    1
  • $
    2
  • !
    -
  • Open Apos/Comma
    1
  • Close Apos
    -
  • Period
    -
  • Question Mark
    -
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    -
  • Other
    -

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring De Vinne type

New Faces in Wood Type Being Mostly Reproductions of Popular Faces Cast in Metal (1915); Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum.

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

DeVinne, page 239, 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, regular and italic fonts printed in two overlapping layers in black and blue ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Grace Harter, class of 2022
Folio Residency Session 1
2022