German Full-face
8 Line
Box 159
Script | Blackletter | Uppercase, Lowercase & Figures
- This type measures 8 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 1870 Specimens of Wood Type.
- This cut of German Full-face was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.
Type name used by manufacturer:
Hamilton German No 6 or No 616
Morgans & Wilcox German Full-face [3228]
Page German Full-face [4616]
Wells German No 2 or No 697
This is the Hamilton cut.
William H. Page patented this face in 1870, U.S. patent D4279. Hamilton showed a range of twelve weights of this style named German 1–12. Hamilton adopted Page’s naming scheme after the acquisition in 1891.
Character Quantities
- A3
- B2
- C2
- D2
- E3
- F2
- G1
- H2
- I2
- J-
- K2
- L2
- M1
- N2
- O3
- P2
- Q1
- R2
- S3
- T2
- U2
- V2
- W2
- X1
- Y1
- Z2
- a3
- b2
- c2
- d1
- e4
- f2
- g2
- h2
- i3
- j1
- k1
- l2
- m2
- n2
- o2
- p2
- q1
- r3
- s2
- t3
- u1
- v2
- w2
- x1
- y-
- z2
- 05
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
- 72
- 82
- 92
- &1
- $2
- !-
- Open Apos/Comma2
- Close Apos2
- Period4
- Question Mark1
- Colon-
- Semi-Colon1
- Dash1
- Ligature13
- Otherumlats - 3