Prussian

8 Line

Box 164

Script | Blackletter | Uppercase & Lowercase

  • 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 was not shown in either American Wood Type or the folio.

Type name used by manufacturer:
Morgans & Wilcox Prussian [3229]
Page Prussian [609]
Wells German Text Condensed [5250]

This is the Page cut.

Prussian is a Textura style blackletter.

simple specimen of Prussian 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
    2
  • G
    2
  • H
    2
  • I
    2
  • J
    -
  • K
    2
  • L
    2
  • M
    2
  • N
    2
  • O
    2
  • P
    2
  • Q
    1
  • R
    2
  • S
    4
  • T
    2
  • U
    2
  • V
    2
  • W
    2
  • X
    1
  • Y
    1
  • Z
    2
  • a
    3
  • b
    2
  • c
    2
  • d
    2
  • e
    2
  • f
    2
  • g
    2
  • h
    1
  • i
    2
  • j
    1
  • k
    1
  • l
    2
  • m
    2
  • n
    3
  • o
    2
  • p
    2
  • q
    1
  • r
    2
  • s
    2
  • t
    3
  • u
    2
  • v
    2
  • w
    2
  • x
    1
  • y
    1
  • z
    2
  • 0
    -
  • 1
    -
  • 2
    -
  • 3
    -
  • 4
    -
  • 5
    -
  • 6
    -
  • 7
    -
  • 8
    -
  • 9
    -
  • &
    1
  • $
    -
  • !
    1
  • Open Apos/Comma
    2
  • Close Apos
    1
  • Period
    -
  • Question Mark
    1
  • Colon
    -
  • Semi-Colon
    1
  • Dash
    -
  • Ligature
    14
  • Other
    , umlats - 3

Additional Specimens & Other Content

antique original wood type specimen catalog from wood type manufacturers in the 1800s featuring Prussian 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 specimen of wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection Folio Revisited, black letters layered on top of an orange border piece

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