Composite Condensed

6 Line

Box 165

Script | Blackletter | Uppercase & Lowercase

  • This type measures 6 line in size and was produced with the end-cut method. The type block is stamped Wm. H. Page & Co. which was used by Page and Mowry between 1870–1876.
  • This face was first shown as wood type by William H. Page in his 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
  • This cut of German was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Page Composite Condensed [606]

This is the Page cut.

Page appears to be the only wood type manufacturer to produce this face. Hamilton offered it after the acquisition in 1891.

Composite Condensed is a Schwabacher style blackletter.

simple specimen of Composite Condensed 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
    2
  • F
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    2
  • J
    1
  • K
    2
  • L
    2
  • M
    2
  • N
    2
  • O
    2
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    3
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    2
  • a
    3
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    4
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    2
  • i
    2
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    2
  • m
    2
  • n
    2
  • o
    3
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    2
  • s
    2
  • t
    3
  • u
    2
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    -
  • y
    1
  • z
    2
  • 0
    -
  • 1
    -
  • 2
    -
  • 3
    -
  • 4
    -
  • 5
    -
  • 6
    -
  • 7
    -
  • 8
    -
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    3
  • Question Mark
    1
  • Colon
    1
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    11
  • Other
    “, ”, = - 2, umlats - 3

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Composite Condensed type

[German] Specimens of Wood Type Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co.Greenville, Conn. (1870); Book Arts Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

letterpress print wood type specimen from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, lowercase and uppercase letters, framed by ornaments printed in a single layer using black ink

From RRK Folio Revisited
Karlee Williams, class of 2026
Folio Residency Session 4
2025