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.