Typecase Index
Alphabetic list
A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . J . K . L . M . N . O . P . Q . R . S . T . U . V . W . X . Y . Z
or
Chronological list of Type Lays or Empty Configurations
Alphabetic Index of Typecase Lays and Empty Configurations
The dates shown against lays and empty cases are the date of the source(s) of the information. In some case, there may earlier editions of a book, which have not yet been consulted. Also, it can be presumed that many case lays will have been in use for some years before their detail was published. Empty case diagrams are provided to show the box configuration without any actual type, and to allow readers to print out their own blanks. Where there is a substantial group of cases, eg Upper Cases, English Cases, etc., the entry in this index is simply the link to the selected chronological list of Lays or Empty cases.
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Accent Case (Dearing)Type lay ATF 1906Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Accent Case (Dearing)Type lay ATF 1896, Hamilton 1932Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Accent Case (De Vinne)Type Lay De Vinne 1904 Empty Case Harpel 1870
Adams Lower Case Type Lay Adams 1844Empty case Adams 1844
Adams Upper Case Type Lay Adams 1844Empty case Moxon 1683
Adams U.S. Upper Case Type Lay Adams 1854Empty case Moxon 1683
Adana Double Case Type Lay Aspinall 1936Empty case Caslon 1897
Adana Junior Case Layout No.2 Adana 1934Empty case Adana 1934
Adana Junior Case Layout No.3 Adana 1934Empty case Adana 1934
Adana Junior Case Combined Layout Adana 1934Empty case Adana 1934
Alta Type lay Sigüenza y Vera 1811Empty case Sigüenza y Vera 1811
Alta y Baxa Type lay de Paredes c1680, edit Moll 1984
Alternative Lower Case Empty case Smith 1755
American Upper Case Type Lay MacKellar 1866Empty case Moxon 1683
American Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1894Empty case Moxon 1683
.. also see U.S. Type Lays and U.S. Empty Cases
Antiqua (German)Type lay Bauer 1917Empty case Bauer 1917
Antiqua (German)Type lay Drucken & Lernen 1991Empty case Kollecher & Matuschke 1956
Antiqua (German)Type lay Drucken & Lernen 2007Empty case Kollecher & Matuschke 1956
.. Nagra-Einteilung für Antiqua Type lay Kollecher & Matuschke 1956Empty case Kollecher & Matuschke 1956
Antiqua mit Kapitalschen Type lay Bauer 1917Empty case Bauer 1917
Arabic 1st Case Empty case Lebanon 1970s
Arabic 2nd Case Empty case Lebanon 1970s
Arabic Lower Case Empty case Figgins c1907 (uses Smith's Lower case)
Arabic Outer Case Empty case Figgins c1907
Arabic Single Case Empty case Wolffger 1673
Arabic Upper Case Empty case Figgins c1907
Arabic Upper CaseEmpty case St.Bride 2006, ex OUP 1980s
Audin's Casse Lyonnaise Type lay Audin 1929
Ausschluß (German Space) Empty case in use by Druckladen 2003
(West) Australian California Job CaseType lay W.A. Education Department c.1960
(West) Australian Lower Case Type lay W.A. Education Department c.1960
(West) Australian Upper Case Type lay W.A. Education Department c.1960
Austrian Fraktur CaseType lay Niel 1925Empty case Niel 1925
Austrian Latin with Accents CaseType lay Niel 1925Empty case Niel 1925
Austrian Latin with Small Caps CaseType lay Niel 1925Empty case Niel 1925
Auxiliary Figure CaseType lay Hamilton 1907
B ----------------
Bas de Casse Type lay Diderot 1751-80Empty case Diderot 1751-80
Bas de Casse Type lay Lefevre 1880Empty case Diderot 1751-80
Baxa Type lay Sigüenza y Vera 1811Empty case Sigüenza y Vera 1811
Belgian French Lower Case Type lay Dumont 1894, 1915Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum (L.Asc.Rom.Onder) pre 1876
Belgian French Upper CaseType lay Dumont 1894, 1915Empty case Dumont 1894, 1915
Belgian Quadruple CaseEmpty case Antwerp 2006
.. also see Belgian Type Lays and Belgian Empty Cases
Book Lower Case Type lay Jacobi 1913 (News Case with minor change)
Bookwork Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882Empty case Johnson (New Lower) 1824
Bookwork Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882Empty case Moxon 1683
Border Case Empty case Caslon 1925, American Printing Equipment & Supply Co. 1983
Border Case Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1932
.. Chicago Border & Ornament Case Empty case BBS 1890s
Boss News Lower Case Type lay BBS 1893Empty case BB&S 1893
Boston Job Case Empty case ATF 1895)
Boston Spanish Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1894Empty case Moxon 1683
Boston Spanish Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1894Empty case Lockwood 1894
BovenkasType lay van Cleef 1844Empty case van Cleef 1844
Bovenkas No.1 (Dutch) Type lay Zweijgardt 1822Empty case Zweijgardt 1822
Bovenkas No.2 (Dutch) Type lay Zweijgardt 1822Empty case Zweijgardt 1822
Bovenkast (Dutch) Type lay Ronner 1915Empty case Ronner 1915
Boven (Kapitalen) Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Boven (Laagen Ascendonica Romein) Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876Empty case Moxon 1683
Boven (Middelbaar Canon) Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
Bowra Double Case Empty Case Harrild 1889
Bremner Double Case Empty case Harrild 1889
British Printing Society Upper Case Type lay Lindley & Maggs 1983Empty case Moxon 1683
British Printing Society Improved Upper Case Type lay Lindley & Maggs 1983.Empty case Moxon 1683
.. ISPA/BPS Double Case Type lay Lindley 1983Empty case Southward 1882, M&R 1897, Caslon 1897, S.Blake 1922
Byerly Figure Case Type lay Hamilton 1907Empty case Hamilton 1907
C ----------------
Caja de Griego Empty case Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Caja de Hebreo Empty case Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Caja de Versalitas Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Caja Española Type lay Morato 1933Empty case Morato 1933
Caja Española Type lay Sicluna 1945Empty case Sicluna 1945
Caja Griega Type lay Fábregues y Saavedra 1933Empty case Fábregues y Saavedra 1933
Caja Normal Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928Empty case Enc Vniversal Illvst 1928
Caja Reformada Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928Empty case Enc Vniversal Illvst 1928
.. also see Spanish Case Lays and Empty Spanish Cases
California Job Cases:
California Job Case (Australian) Type lay W.A. Education Department c.1960 Empty case Whetton 1946
California Job Case (English) Type lay Atkins circa 1930, Whetton 1946 Type lay Camberwell 2001
Empty case Whetton 1946
Three Quarter California Job Case Type lay ATF 1906 Empty case ATF 1906
Two Third California Job Case Type lay Hamilton 1897 (same as Dearing Job) Empty case Palmer & Rey 1884
Two Third California Job Case Type lay Missouri 1959. Empty case Missouri 1959
Two Third California Job Case Type lay ATF 1906, 1923. Empty case ATF 1906, 1923
California Job Case (U.S.) Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892 Empty case Palmer & Rey 1884, BBS 1890s, ATF 1893, etc
California Job Case (U.S.) Type lay Polk 1926, etc. Empty case Henry 1917, etc.
California Job Case (U.S) Type lay Henry 1917, Hamilton 1932, Kelsey 1969, etc Empty case Henry 1917, Hamilton 1932, etc
California Job Case (U.S.) Type lay Polk & Gage 1953, etc Empty case or Empty case or Empty case
Comparison of three styles of California Job case
Californian Double Case Empty case Cefmor 1955
California Lower Case Type lay Ringwalt 1871Empty case Ringwalt 1871
California Two Third Case (aka 2/3 Dearing)Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Camberwell Double Case Type lay Camberwell 2001Empty case Camberwell 2001
Cap News Case Type lay (Henry 1917) Hague 1922Empty case Henry 1917
Cap Cases:
Greek Caps Case Empty case ATF 1923
Hamilton Cap Case Type lay ATF 1906
Hamilton Double Cap Case Type lay Polk 1964
Hamilton News Cap Case Type lay Henry 1917, Hamilton 1922, ATF 1923 Empty case Hamilton 1922, American Printing Equipment & Supply Co 1983
Palmer & Rey's Cap Case Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892
Two Rivers Cap Case Type lay ATF 1906 Empty case ATF 1906
.. also see Upper Case Lays and Empty Upper Cases
Carpenter Quarter Case Type lay ATF 1906 Empty case ATF 1906
Caslon's Improved Double Case Type lay Caslon 1897
Caslon's Figure Case Type lay Southward 1904Empty case Southward 1904
Caslon's New Double Case Type lay Caslon 1925
Caslon's New Lower Case Type lay Jacobi 1913, Caslon 1925Empty case Caslon 1925
Caslon's New Upper Case Type lay Jacobi 1913
Caslon's New Upper Case Type lay Caslon 1925Empty case M&R 1894
Cassa Alta Type lay Enciclopedia Italiana 1937Empty case Enc Italiana 1937
Cassa Bassa Type lay Enciclopedia Italiana 1937Empty case Enc Italiana 1937
Cassa Tipografica (Italian Single Case) Type lay Enciclopedia Italiana 1949Empty case Enciclopedia Italiana 1949
.. also see Italian Type Lays and Empty Italian Cases
Casseau Inferieau de Longues et de BrevesType lay Fertel 1723Empty case Fertel 1723
Casseau InferieauType lay Fertel 1723Empty case Fertel 1723
Casseau SuperieurType lay Momoro 1793
Casse DeberneyEmpty case Audin 1929Type lay Audin 1929
Casse de la CommissionEmpty case Audin 1929Type lay Audin 1929Casse Générale de CometEmpty case Audin 1929Type lay Audin 1929
Casse Générale de GauthierEmpty case Audin 1929Type lay Audin 1929
Casse de JougletEmpty case J.de Imp 1900 (Audin 1929)Type lay J.de Imp 1900 (Audin 1929)
Casse LyonnaiseType lay Audin 1929
Casse Ordinaire (Bas de Casse) Type lay Dumont 1894, 1915Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum (L Asc Rom Onder) pre 1876
Casse Ordinaire (Haut de Casse) Type lay Dumont 1894, 1915 Empty case Dumont 1894, 1915
Casse ParisienneType lay Le Papeterie de Vaux 2015
Casse RaçonEmpty case Audin 1929 from 1892Type lay Audin 1929 from 1892
.. also see Belgian Type Lays and Empty Belgian Cases
Casse SuperieureType lay Fertel 1723Empty case Fertel 1723
Casse Superieure de Longues et de BrevesType lay Fertel 1723
Castillon's Lower Case Type lay Castillon 1783Empty case Castillon 1783
Castillon's Upper Case Type lay Castillon 1783Empty case Castillon 1783
Castro's Portugese Single CaseType lay (dated 1876 in da Silva 1962)Empty case (dated 1876 in da Silva 1962)
Caxa Alta (Spanish) Type lay Sigüenza y Vera 1811Empty case de Paredes c1680, Sigüenza y Vera 1811
Caxa Alta y Baxa (Spanish) Type lay de Paredes c.1680, edited Moll 1984
Caxa Baxa (Spanish) Type lay Sigüenza y Vera 1811Empty case Sigüenza y Vera 1811
Caxa Baxa (Spanish) Empty case de Paredes 1680S
.. also see Spanish Type Lays and Empty Spanish Cases
Caxton's Case Type lay as for 1480 by Blades 1877
Central Saint Martins Double CaseType lay (Hi-Artz Press 2012)Empty case Southward 1882
Chicago Border & Ornament Case Empty case BBS 1890s
Chicago Improved Job Case Empty case ATF 1895
Chinese Canton Case Empty case Universal Type and Accessory Company c.1983
Clapp's Success Case Type lay The Printer and Bookmaker 1898
Combination Quarter CaseType lay Atkins 1932Empty case Atkins 1932
Combined Upper and Lower CaseType Lay (New Norcia 2013)Empty Case (New Norcia 2013)
Commercial Ludlow Case Type lay Green Dolphin Press 2002
Common Cases:
Hebrew Common Case Empty case van Winkle 1818, Johnson 1824
Common Case Empty case as in current use in Jerusalem
Comparison of three styles of California Job case
Comparison of Job and Double cases in general (in U.K. and U.S.A.)
Comparison of Lower cases in general
Comparison of Upper cases in general
Complete Roman Case Empty case SB&Co 1922, Caslon 1925, Cefmor 1955
Curwen's Double Case Type lay Curwen 1968
Curtis & Mitchell's Lower Case Type lay Curtis & Mitchell 1878
Curtis & Mitchell's Upper Case Type lay Curtis & Mitchell 1878
Czech Russian Single CaseType lay (Zahálka 1952) Empty case (Zahálka 1952)
Czech Single Case Type lay (Špalek 1925) Empty case (Špalek 1925)
Czech Single Case Empty case (1900-1935, National Technical Museum, Prague 2019)
Czech Single Case Type lay (Zahálka 1952) Empty case (Zahálka 1952)
Czech Single Case Type lay (Bláha 1963) Empty case (Bláha 1963)
Czech Single Case Empty case (National Technical Museum, Prague 2019)
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Danish Single Case Empty case Jens Jørgen Hansen 2009Type lay Jens Jørgen Hansen 2009
Dearing Accent Case Type lay ATF 1906Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Dearing Accent CaseType lay ATF 1896, Hamilton 1932Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Dearing Job Case (aka Jumbo Job)Type lay ATF 1896, Hamilton 1897Empty case ATF 1896
Dearing Job Case Type lay ATF 1906
..Two Third Dearing Job Case Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892Empty case Palmer & Rey 1884
Devanagari Lower Case Type lay Sind 1999Empty case Sind 1999
Devanagari Upper Case Type lay Sind 1999Empty case Sind 1999
De Vinne Accent Case Type Lay De Vinne 1904 Empty Case Harpel 1870
De Vinne Figure Case Type lay De Vinne 1904 Empty case De Vinne 1904
De Vinne German Lower CaseEmpty case De Vinne 1904
De Vinne Italic Accent CaseType Lay De Vinne 1904Empty Case Harpel 1870
De Vinne Triple Case Type Lay De Vinne 1904 Empty Case Harpel 1870
De Vinne Dictionary Lower Case Type Lay De Vinne 1904Empty Case De Vinne 1904
Diderot's Lower Case Type lay Diderot 1751-80Empty case Diderot 1751-80
Diderot's Upper Case Type lay Diderot 1751-80
Dorset House Double Case Type lay Dorset House 1976
Double Cases:
see Double Case Lays and Empty Double Cases
and see comparison of English lays and comparison of English styles.
and comparison of Scottish styles.
and Variations in Double Case lays
Double Cap Case - see Cap News above
Double Double Case Empty case Caslon 1925
Double Double Case Empty case M&R 1894
Double Lower Case Empty case ATF 1893, M&R 1897, ATF 1906, Caslon 1930s, Missouri-Central 1959
Double Yankee Job Case Type lay ATF 1906Empty case ATF 1906
Dramrite's Double Case Type lay Dramrite c1990
Dublin Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841
Duplicate Job Case Type lay Sind 1999
Dutch Three Quarter Case Type lay Atelier IT Plein 1997Empty case Atelier IT Plein 1997
Dutch Three Quarter Case Type lay In De Bonnfant 2004Empty case In De Bonnfant 2004
Dutch Three Quarter Case with accents Empty case Atelier IT Plein 1997
Dutch Two Third Case Empty case Avalon Pers 1997
.. and see Dutch Type Lays and Dutch Empty Cases
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Edinburgh Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841
Edinburgh Upper Case Type lay Savage 1841
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Case Type lay Legros & Grant 1916Empty 1st case Legros & Grant 1916Empty 2nd case Legros & Grant 1916
Eighteenth Century French Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
Eighteenth Century French Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
English Californian Double Case Empty case Cefmor 1955
English California Job Case Type lay Whetton 1946
English Double Case Type lay Lindley & Maggs 1970
English Double Case (Improved) Type lay as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974
English Double Case (Ordinary) Type lay as used by London College of Printing circa 1930
English Double CaseType lay Old Clewer Steam Press 2001
English Double CaseType lay Reading University 2002
English Ordinary Double Case Empty case E-bay 2022
.. see also Double Case Lays and Empty Double Cases
English Lower CaseType lay Oldfield 1890, Tarr 1945
English Lower CaseType lay Lockwood 1894 Empty case Lockwood 1894
English Upper CaseType lay Southward 1898, Tarr 1945
.. and see English Type Lays and English Empty Cases
EspañolaType lay Morato 1933Empty case Morato 1933
Excelsior CaseEmpty case Kelsey 1892
Excelsior Improved CaseType lay Kelsey 1892Empty case Kelsey 1892
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Fancy Caps caseType lay da Silva 1962Empty case da Silva 1962
Fertel's Greek 1st Lower CaseEmpty case Fertel 1723
Fertel's Greek 2nd Lower CaseEmpty case Fertel 1723
Fertel's Greek 1st & 2nd Upper CaseEmpty case Fertel 1723
Fertel's Lower for Long/ShortType lay Fertel 1723Empty case Fertel 1723
Fertel's Upper for Long/ShortType lay Fertel 1723
Fertel's LowerType lay Fertel 1723Empty case Fertel 1723
Fertel's UpperType lay Fertel 1723Empty case Fertel 1723
Figure Case Type lay ATF 1906Empty case ATF 1906
Figure Case Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892, ATF 1893
Figure Case Empty case BBS 1890s, APE&S 1983
Figure Case (Dutch) Empty case as in current use
Figure Case (Caslon) Type lay Southward 1904Empty case Southward 1904
Figure Case (De Vinne) Type lay De Vinne 1904Empty case De Vinne 1904
Figure case (Portugese)Type lay da Silva 1962Empty case da Silva 1962
Fount Lower Case Type lay Smith 1755Empty case Smith 1755
.. Improved Fount Lower Case Type lay Stower 1808Empty case Stower 1808
.. Improved Fount Upper Case Type lay Stower 1808Empty case Stower 1808
Four Fount CaseEmpty case M&R 1873, 1897, 1920s
Four Fount Case (Dutch) Empty case as in current use
Fraktur Case Type lay Wollfger 1673. Empty case Wollfger 1673
Fraktur CaseType lay Legros & Grant 1916Empty case Legros & Grant 1916
Fraktur CaseType lay Bauer 1917Empty case Bauer 1917
Fraktur CaseType lay Niel 1925Empty case Niel 1925
Fraktur CaseType lay (Klingspor) Genzmer 1961Empty case Genzmer 1961
Fraktur CaseType lay In de Bonnfant 2004Empty case In de Bonnfant 2004
Francese Type lay Gallavrini 1966Empty case Gallavrini 1966
French Combination Case Type lay Ringwalt 1871Empty case Ringwalt 1871
French Lower Case Empty case Fertel 1723
French Lower Case Type lay Lefèvre 1838Empty case Lefèvre 1838
French Upper Case Type lay Lefèvre 1838
French Lower Case Type lay Muller c.1910
French Lower Case Type lay Legros & Grant 1916
.. 18th Century French Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
.. Old French Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
French Single (Parisienne) Case Type lay Muller c1910Empty case Muller c.1910
French Single (Portugese) CaseType lay da Silva 1962
French Single (Rationnelle) Case Type lay Muller c1910Empty case Muller c.1910
French Single Case Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963, da Silva 1962
French Single Case Type lay Southward 1882Empty case Southward 1882
French Upper Case Type lay Muller c.1910Empty case Muller c1910
French Upper Case Type lay Legros & Grant 1916
.. 18th Century French Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
.. Old French Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
.. and see French Type Lays and Empty French Cases
Frequency of lower case letters in a distribution
G ----------------
Gaelic (Irish) Double Case Type lay Cummins 1952
Gebrochene Schriften Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Gem Music Lower Case Empty case Southward 1898
Gem Music Lower CaseType lay (R.H.Stevens c.1930)
Gem Music Outer CaseType lay (R.H.Stevens c.1930)
Gem Music Upper CaseType lay (R.H.Stevens c.1930)
German Antiqua CaseType lay Drucken & Lernen 1991.Empty case Kollecher & Matuschke 1956
German Antiqua Case Empty case Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006Type lay Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006
German Antiqua CaseType lay Kollecher & Matuschke 1956.Empty case Kollecher & Matuschke 1956
German Antiqua CaseEmpty case Druckladen 1997
German Antiqua CaseType lay Drucken & Lernen 2007.Empty case Kollecher & Matuschke 1956
German CaseEmpty case In de Bonnfant 2004
German Fraktur Case Type lay Wollfger 1673. Empty case Wollfger 1673
German Fraktur CaseType lay In de Bonnfant 2004.Empty case In de Bonnfant 2004
German Latin CaseType lay Savage 1841.Empty case Savage 1841
German Latin CaseType lay Hostettler 1949, 1963. Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963
German Latin CaseType lay In de Bonnfant 2004.Empty case In de Bonnfant 2004
German Latin CaseEmpty case In de Bonnfant 2004
German (Austrian) Latin Case with AccentsType lay Niel 1925. Empty case Niel 1925
German (Austrian) Latin Case with Small CapsType lay Niel 1925. Empty case Niel 1925
German Lower Case Empty case Lockwood 1894
German Lower Case Type lay MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913.Empty case MacKellar 1866, Southward 1882
German Lower Case Empty case BB&S 1890s
German Lower CaseEmpty case (Southward 1892)
German Upper CaseType lay MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913
German Roman Case Type lay Wollfger 1673. Empty case Wollfger 1673
German Single Case Empty case von Werdt 1639
German Single Case Empty case Gessner 1740
German Single Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
German Single Case Type lay Legros & Grant 1916. Empty case Legros & Grant 1916
German Single Case Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963. Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963
German Single Case Empty case Alembic Press 2009
.. and see German Type Lays and Empty German Cases
Glossary of terms used
Gnowangerup Star Double case Empty case Southward 1875Type lay Gnowangerup Star 2003
Goldschagg's Antiqua case Empty case Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006Type lay Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006
Gould's Lower Case Type lay Gould 1876.Empty case as Johnson 1824
Gould's Upper Case Type lay Gould 1876.Empty case as Moxon 1683
Greek Case Empty case Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Greek Caps Case Empty case ATF 1923
Greek Double Case No.1Empty case Caslon 1925
Greek Double Case No.2Empty case Caslon 1925
Greek 1st Lower CaseEmpty case Fertel 1723
Greek 2nd Lower CaseEmpty case Fertel 1723
Greek Lower Case Empty case Figgins 1907, Caslon 1925
Greek Lower Case Empty case Hansard 1825
Greek Lower Case Empty case Johnson 1824
Greek Lower Case Empty case Smith 1755
Greek Lower Case Empty case Stower 1808
Greek Lower Case Empty case Van Winkle 1818
Greek Lower and Upper Cases Type lay Savage 1841
Greek 1st & 2nd Upper CaseEmpty case Fertel 1723
Greek Upper Case Empty case Stower 1808, Caslon 1925
Greek Upper Case Type lay Gould 1876.Empty case as Moxon 1683
Greek Lower Case Empty case MacKellar 1870
Greek Porson Case Empty case ATF 1906, 1923
Greek Lower Case Type lay Gould 1876.Empty case Gould 1876
Greek Lower Case Empty case Southward 1882, 1887
Greek Single Case Type lay Fábregues y Saavedra 1933. Empty case Fábregues y Saavedra 1933
.. and see Greek Type Lays and Empty Greek Cases
Griega Type lay Fábregues y Saavedra 1933. Empty case Fábregues y Saavedra 1933
Gutenberg's Case Empty case as on view in Gutenberg Museum
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Half Cap Case Type lay Hamilton 1907Empty case Miller & Richard 1873
Half (Upper) Case Empty case Miller & Richard 1873, 1894, 1910, 1912, 1927, Southward 1887, Caslon 1925
Half Open CaseEmpty case M&R 1873, Ullmer 1902
Hamilton Boss Lower Case Type lay BB&S 1893Empty case BB&S 1893
Hamilton Cap Case Type lay ATF 1906, 1923
Hamilton News Cap Case Type lay Henry 1917, ATF 1923Empty case Henry 1917, Hamilton 1922
Hamilton Border Case Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1932
Hamilton Double Cap Case Type lay Polk 1964
Hamilton Hebrew Upper and Lower Case Type lay ATF 1923
Hamilton Improved Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case BBS 1890s, ATF 1895
Hamilton Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case ATF 1906
Hamilton Lower Case Type lay De Vinne 1904, ATF 1906.Empty case Van Winkle 1818
Hamilton Quadruple Case Type lay Hamilton 1932, Kelsey 1969Empty case Hamilton 1932
Hamilton Triple Case Type lay Hamilton 1922, ATF 1923Empty case Hamilton 1922
Hamilton Two Third California Job Case Type lay ATF 1906, Hamilton 1922. Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1922
Hamilton Two Third Yankee Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
For a representative list of Hamilton cases, see for example Hamilton 1907
Handelstekens (Dutch) Empty case in current use
Hansard's Greek Lower Case Empty case Hansard 1825
Hansard's Lower Case Type lay Hansard 1825
Hansard's Upper Case Type lay Hansard 1825
Haut de Casse Type lay Diderot 1751-80
Haut de Casse Type lay Lefevre 1880.Empty case Moxon 1683
Hazard's Lower Case Type lay Stower 1808. Empty case Stower 1808
Hazard's Upper CaseType lay Stower 1808
Heading CaseType lay Gujarati 1928.Empty case Harpel 1870
Hebrew Case Empty case Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Hebrew Common Case Empty case van Winkle 1818, Johnson 1824
Hebrew Lower Case Empty Lower case van Winkle 1818, Timperley 1838, Southward 1887
Hebrew Lower Case Empty case Johnson 1824
Hebrew Lower Case Type lay Gould 1876.Empty case as Savage 1841
Hebrew Lower Case Type lay Melbourne Museum of Printing pre 2019. Empty case MMOP pre 2019
Hebrew Upper Case Type lay Gould 1876.Empty case as Moxon 1683
Hebrew Single Case Empty case Wolffger 1673
.. and see Hebrew Type Lays and Hebrew Empty Cases
Heffer's Double Case Type lay Heffer 1970s and earlier
Heffer's Lower Case Type lay Heffer 1970s and earlier
Heffer's Upper Case Type lay Heffer 1970s and earlier
Hieroglyphic Case Type lay Legros & Grant 1916Empty 1st case Legros & Grant 1916Empty 2nd case Legros & Grant 1916
Hindi Lower Case Empty case Sind 1999
Hindustani Lower Case Empty case Figgins c1907, uses Smith Lower case.
Hindustani Outer Case Empty case Figgins c1907, uses Moxon Upper case.
Hindustani Upper Case Empty case Figgins c1907
Hoogen Tekst Romein Boven Type lay Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus
Hoogen Tekst Romein Onder Type lay Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus
Hungarian Single Case Empty case (Kiscelli Museum, Budapest 2019)
I ----------------
Improved Cases:
British Printing Society Improved Upper Case Type lay Lindley & Maggs 1983
English Double Case (Improved) Type lay as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974
Excelsior Improved Case Type lay Kelsey 1892. Empty case Kelsey 1892
Improved English Double Case Type lay Camberwell 2001 Empty case Camberwell 2001
Nagari Improved Upper Empty case Gujarati Type Foundry 1928
Scottish Double Case (Improved) Type lay as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974. Empty case SB&Co 1922, Caslon 1925
Scottish Improved Double Case Empty case (M&R) Alembic Press 1974
Scottish Improved Double Case Empty case Alembic Press 1974
Talbot Double Case (Improved) Type lay Talbot late 1960s Empty case Talbot late 1960s
Improved Double Case Type lay Caslon 1897. Type lay Jarrold 2001. Empty case Miller & Richard 1894, 1927, Stephenson Blake 1922, Caslon 1925
Improved Double Case Empty case Whetton 1946
Improved Double No.2 CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Improved Double No.3 caseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Improved Fount Lower Case Type lay Stower 1808. Empty case Stower 1808
Improved Fount Upper Case Type lay Stower 1808. Empty case Stower 1808
Improved Four Fount No.4 CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Improved Half Case Type lay Caslon 1925 Empty case Caslon 1925
Improved Hamilton Job Case Type lay ATF 1906, same as Southward 1882. Empty case BBS 1890s, same as Southward 1882.
Improved Job Case Empty case BBS 1890s
.. Two Third Improved Job Case Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892, ATF 1893
.. Two Third Improved Job Case Empty case ATF 1906, BBS 1907
Improved Jobbing Case Type lay Southward 1882, same as ATF 1906Empty case Southward 1882, same as BBS 1890s.
Improved Jobbing CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Improved Jobbing Double Case Type lay Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882. Empty case Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882
Improved Jobbing Upper Case Type lay Southward 1900 Empty case Southward 1900
Improved Lower Case Type lay Southward 1887
Improved New York Job Case Type lay Hamilton 1922, 1932Empty case Hamilton 1922
Improved New York Job Case Type lay ATF 1896Empty case ATF 1896
.. Two Third Improved New York Job Case Empty case Long 1980
Improved Quad & Space Case Empty case American Printing Equipment & Supply Co. 1983
Improved Space CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Improved Space & Quad Case Type lay ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907
Improved Type Case Type lay Sigwalt c1910. Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Improved Upper Case Empty case M&R 1894, Caslon 1925, APE&S 1983
Improved Upper Case Type lay Southward 1887
Improved Upper CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Incline Press Double Case Type lay Incline Press 2009. Empty case Caslon 1897
Indian Cases:
Devanagari Lower Case Type lay Sind 1999 Empty case Sind 1999
Devanagari Upper Case Type lay Sind 1999 Empty case Sind 1999
Duplicate (English) Job Case Type lay Sind 1999
Hindi Lower Case Empty case Sind 1999 (the Upper uses Nagari)
Nagari Improved Upper Empty case Gujarati Type Foundry 1928
Nagari Lower Empty case Gujarati Type Foundry 1928
Nagari Upper Empty case Gujarati Type Foundry 1928
Sindhi Lower Case Empty case Sind 1999
Irish Cases:
Dublin Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841
Gaelic Double Case Type lay Cummins 1952
ISPA/BPS Double Case Type lay Lindley 1983
Italian Lower Case Type lay Pozzoli 1882 Empty case Pozzoli 1882, Lockwood 1894
Italian Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Pozzoli 1882, Lockwood 1894
Italian Upper Case Type lay Pozzoli 1882
Italian Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
Italian Upper Case Empty case on view in Venice 1999
Italian Single Case Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963
Italian Single Case Type lay Enciclopedia Italiana 1949. Empty case Enciclopedia Italiana 1949
.. also see Italian Type Lays and Empty Italian Cases
Italic Accent Case Type Lay De Vinne 1904 Empty Case Harpel 1870
Italic Case Empty case Hamilton 1922, Thompson 1949
Italic Case Empty case possibly 1922
Italic Job Case Type lay De Vinne 1904. Empty case De Vinne 1904
Italic Job Case Type lay Hamilton 1897. Empty case MacKellar 1885, BBS 1890
.. Two Third Italic Job Case Type lay Gujarati c1928. Empty case ATF 1893, Gujarati c1928
.. Two Third Italic Job Empty case BBS 1890s
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Jerusalem Common Case Empty case as in current use in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Latin Case Type lay as in current use in Jerusalem. Empty case as in current use
Jobbing Case Type lay Caslon 1897. Empty case Caslon 1897, M&R 1920s
Jobbing Double Case Empty case M&R 1895, 1897
Jobbing Double Case Empty case M&R 1894
.. Improved Jobbing Double Case Type lay Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882. Empty case Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882
Jobbing Case (Dutch) Empty case in current use
Jobbing Half Lower CaseType lay Southward (Printers Register) 1872.Empty case Southward 1872
Jobbing Half Upper CaseType lay Southward (Printers Register) 1872.Empty case Southward 1872
Jobbing Upper Case Empty case M&R 1894, Caslon 1897
Jobbing Upper Case Empty case SB&Co 1922
Job (Italic) Case Type lay De Vinne 1904. Empty case De Vinne 1904
.. and see Job Type Lays and Empty Job Cases
.. and for comparisons, see Notes on Job Cases
Johnson's New Lower Case Type lay Johnson 1824Empty case Johnson 1824
Johnson's New Upper Case Type lay Johnson 1824
Johnson's Old Lower Case Type lay Johnson 1824, but same as Luckombe
Johnson's Old Upper Case Type lay Johnson 1824, but same as Luckombe
Johnson's Proposed Lower Case Type lay Johnson 1824). Empty case Johnson 1824
Johnson's Proposed Upper Case Type lay Johnson 1824. Empty case Johnson 1824
Jumbo (Dearing) Job Case Type lay ATF 1896Empty case ATF 1896
K ----------------
Kapitalen Boven Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Kapitalen Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Klein Canon Romein Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Klein Romein Boven Empty case Moxon 1683, Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Klein Romein Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
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Laagen Ascendonica Romein Boven Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876.Empty case Moxon 1683
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Onder Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876.Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Laagen Tekst Romein Boven Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Laagen Tekst Romein Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Large Letter Case Empty case Hamilton 1932
Lawrence Double Case Type Lay R. Lawrence 2015
Lead CaseEmpty case Harrild 1889
Lead CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Lefèvre's (proposed) Lower Case Type lay Lefèvre 1838.Empty case Lefèvre 1838
Lefèvre's (proposed) Upper Case Type lay Lefèvre 1838
Lefèvre's Upper Case Type lay Lefèvre 1838
Lefevre's Bas de Casse Type lay Lefevre 1880.Empty case Diderot 1751-80
Lefevre's Haut de Casse Type lay Lefevre 1880.Empty case Moxon 1683
Lefevre's Polish Lower CaseType lay Lefevre 1880Empty case (Lefevre 1880)
Lefevre's Polish Upper CaseType lay Lefevre 1880
Letterkast Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963, Avalon Pers 1997Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963
Letterkast with ligatures Empty case Avalon Pers 1997
Lockwood's American Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1894
Lockwood's 18th Century French Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
Lockwood's 18th Century French Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
Lockwood's English Lower CaseType lay (Lockwood 1894)Empty case (Lockwood 1894)
Lockwood's German Lower Case Empty case Lockwood 1894
Lockwood's German Single Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
Lockwood's Italian Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Pozzoli 1882, Lockwood 1894
Lockwood's Italian Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
Lockwood's Spanish Single Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
London Double Case Type lay Atkins, c1930. Empty case Southward 1882
London Lower Case Type lay Atkins, c1930. Empty case Johnson 1824
London Upper Case Type lay Atkins, c1930. Empty case Moxon 1683
Lower Case Empty case Johnson 1824, Southward 1882, SB, M&R, Caslon, APE &S 1983, etc.
Lower Case (U.S.) Type lay BBS 1890s. Empty case Van Winkle 1818, Mackellar 1866
.. and see Lower Type Lays and Empty Lower Cases
.. and also see Notes on Lower Cases
Lower News Case Type lay Hague 1922.Empty case Van Winkle 1818
Luckombe's Lower Case Type lay Luckombe 1771.Empty case Smith 1755
Luckombe's Upper Case Type lay Luckombe 1771.Empty case Moxon 1683
Ludlow Case Type lay Green Dolphin Press 2002
LyonnaiseType lay Audin 1929
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MacKellar's German Lower Case Empty case MacKellar 1870
MacKellar's Greek Lower Case Empty case MacKellar 1870
MacKellar's Hebrew Lower Case Empty case MacKellar 1870
MacKellar's Lower Case Type lay MacKellar 1866, Southward 1887
MacKellar's Proposed Lower Case Type lay MacKellar 1866. Empty case MacKellar 1866
MacKellar's Upper Case Type lay MacKellar 1866
Mackie's Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882
Mackie's Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882
Malayan Lower CaseEmpty case Stevens/Figgins c.1907
Malayan Outer Case Empty case Stevens/Figgins c.1907
Malayan Upper Case Empty case Stevens/Figgins c.1907
Maori Lower Case Type lay Colenso 1835. Empty case Colenso 1835
Maori Upper CaseType lay Colenso 1835. Empty case Colenso 1835
McNeill Double Case Empty case Caslon 1925
Melbourne Job Case Type lay (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2019 but pre 1966)
Melbourne Museum of Printing Hebrew Lower Cases Type lay Melbourne Museum of Printing pre 2019. Empty case MMOP pre 2019
Melbourne Museum of Printing Job Case Type lay Melbourne Museum of Printing 2014
Middelbaar Canon Boven Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
Middelbaar Canon Onder Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
Modello Francese Type lay Gallavrini 1966. Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Modello Romano o Francese Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Modello Napoletano Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Modello Rossi Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Modello Siciliano Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Modello Veneto Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Modern Double Case Type lay Wallis 1959
Modern Lower Case Type lay Oldfield 1890s, Southward 1933
Modern Lower Case Type lay Wallis 1959
Modern Upper Case Type lay Southward 1898, 1933
Modern Upper Case Type lay Wallis 1959
Momoro's Upper CaseType lay Momoro 1793
Monotype Correcting CaseType lay Hamilton 1907.Empty case Hamilton 1907
Morin's Parisienne Type lay Audin 1929. Empty case Audin 1929
Moxon's Lower Case Type lay Moxon 1683. Empty case Moxon 1683
Moxon's Upper Case Type lay Moxon 1683. Empty case Moxon 1683
Music Cases:
Music Lower Case Empty case Southward 1898
Music Upper Case Empty case Southward 1898
Miller & Richard's Gem Music Lower Case Empty case Southward 1898
Miller & Richard's Gem Music Upper Case Empty case Southward 1898, uses a Triple
Music Lower Case Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907
Music Side Case Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907
Music Upper Case Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907
Shanks' Music Lower Case Empty case Southward 1882
Shanks' Music Upper Case Empty case Southward 1882
Stevens' Gem Music Lower Case Type lay R.H.Stevens c1930
Stevens' Gem Music Outer Case Type lay R.H.Stevens c1930
Stevens' Gem Music Upper Case Type lay R.H.Stevens c1930
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Nagra-Einteilung für Antiqua Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Napoletano Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Nederduitsche BovenkasType lay van Cleef 1844Empty case van Cleef 1844
Nederduitsche OnderkasType lay van Cleef 1844
New Greek Lower Case Empty case Savage 1841
New Lower Case Type lay Johnson 1824
New Lower CaseType lay Timperley 1838
New Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841
New Norcia Combined Upper and Lower CaseType Lay New Norcia 2013Empty Case Harrild 1889
New Norcia Double CaseType lay New Norcia c.1945 and 2012
New Norcia Double CaseVariations in Lays New Norcia 2017
New Norcia Lower CaseType lay New Norcia c.1945 and 2012
New Norcia Upper CaseType Lay New Norcia 2013
New Norcia Upper CaseType Lay New Norcia 2014
New Upper Case Type lay Johnson 1824
New Upper CaseType lay Timperley 1838
New Upper Case Type lay Savage 1841
New York Job Case Empty case ATF 1893
New York Job Case Type lay Hamilton 1890s, ATF 1906, 1923Empty case ATF 1906, 1923
.. Two Third New York Job Case Type lay Long 1980, but earlier Hamilton. Empty case Long 1980
New Zealand California Job Case Type lay Cobblestones 2015
New Zealand Printing Museum Job Case Type lay N.Z.Printing Museum 2015
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 2 Type lay Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 3 Type lay Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020
News case
Boss News Lower Case Type lay BBS 1890s
News Cap Case Type lay Henry 1917 Empty case Henry 1917, Hamilton 1922, American Printing E&S 1983
News Lower Case Type lay Jacobi 1913
News Upper Case Type lay Jacobi 1913
Provincial News Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882, 1887
Provincial News Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882, 1887
.. also see Upper Case Type Lays and Empty Upper Cases
.. and Lower Case Type Lays and Empty Lower Cases
Normal (Spanish)Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928. Empty case Enc Vniversal Illvst 1928
Normalkast (Swedish) Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Norwegian Single Case Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
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Old Cases:
Double Case Empty case M&R 1873
Old Lower Case Type lay Johnson 1824, but same as Luckombe
Old Upper Case Type lay Johnson 1824, but same as Luckombe
Old French Lower Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
Old French Upper Case Type lay Lockwood 1841
Old Greek Lower Case Empty case Savage 1841
Old Lower Case Type lay Southward 1887
Old Portugese Single Case Type lay da Silva 1962Empty case da Silva 1962
Old Upper Case Type lay Southward 1887
Oldfield's Lower Case Type lay Oldfield 1890s
Oldfield's Upper Case Type lay Oldfield 1890s
Onder (Laagen Ascendonica Romein) Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
Onder (Middelbaar Canon) Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
OnderkasType lay van Cleef 1844
Onderkas No.1 (Dutch) Type lay Zweijgardt 1822. Empty case Zweijgardt 1822
Onderkas No.2 (Dutch) Type lay Zweijgardt 1822. Empty case Zweijgardt 1822
Onderkast Type lay Ronner 1915. Empty case Zweijgardt 1822, Ronner 1915
One Third Cap CaseEmpty case Hamilton 1932
One Third Small Cap CaseEmpty case Thompson 1949
Open Case Empty case M&R 1873, Palmer & Rey 1892, Hamilton c1932, Thompsopn 1949
Ordinary Double Case Empty case Southward 1882, M&R 1897, Caslon 1897, SB 1922
Ordinary Double Case (Scottish) Empty case Stephenson Blake 1922, Caslon 1925
Ornament Case (Dutch) Empty case in current use
Outer Case (for Arabic, Malayan, Persian) Empty case Figgins c1907
Oxford University Press Lower Case Type lay OUP 1934. Empty case OUP 1934
Oxford University Press Upper Case Type lay OUP 1934
Oxford University Press Double Case Type lay R.Lawrence 2015
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Palmer & Rey's California Job Case Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892
Palmer & Rey's Cap Case Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892
Palmer & Rey's Lower Case Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892
Parisienne Type lay Muller c.1910. Empty case Muller c1910
Parisienne Type lay Audin 1929. Empty case Audin 1929
ParisienneType lay Le Papeterie de Vaux 2015
Paterson Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case ATF 1893
Paterson Job Case Type lay ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907. Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907
Perfection Case Type lay (The Inland Printer 1898)
Persian Lower Case Empty case Figgins c.1907, uses Smith Lower case.
Persian Outer Case Empty case Figgins c.1907
Persian Upper Case Empty case Figgins c.1907
Pickering's California Job Case Type lay Pickering 1955
Pickering's Improved Double Case Type lay Pickering 1955
Pickering's Lower Case Type lay Pickering 1955
Pickering's Upper Case Type lay Pickering 1955
Plantinian cases:
Hoogen Tekst Romein Boven Type lay Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus
Hoogen Tekst Romein Onder Type lay Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus
Kapitalen Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Klein Canon Romein Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Klein Romein Boven Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876, same as Moxon
Klein Romein Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Boven Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Moxon 1683
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Onder Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Laagen Tekst Romein Boven Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Laagen Tekst Romein Onder Empty case Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876
Lower Case Type lay Gaskell 1969. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876, Gaskell 1969
Middelbaar Canon Boven Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
Middelbaar Canon Onder Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Plantin-Moretus pre 1876
Upper Case Type lay Gaskell 1969. Empty case Gaskell 1969
Polish Lower CaseType lay Lefevre 1880Empty case (Lefevre 1880)
Polish Upper CaseType lay Lefevre 1880
Porson Greek Case Empty case ATF 1906, 1923
Portugese Single Case Type lay via Ad Lib 2019Empty case via Ad Lib 2019
Portugese French Single CaseType lay da Silva 1962Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963, da Silva 1962
Possible Half Upper CaseEmpty case E-bay 2022Practical Space & Quad Case Type lay ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907Empty case ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907
Proposed Fount Lower Case Type lay Smith 1755. Empty case Smith 1755
Proposed Lower Case Type lay MacKellar 1866. Empty case MacKellar 1866
Proposed Lower Case Empty case Johnson 1824
Proposed Upper Case Empty case Johnson 1824
Provincial News Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882
Provincial News Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882
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Quadruple Cases
Quadruple Case Type lay ATF 1906, 1923 Empty case Southward 1882, ATF 1906, SB 1922, Hamilton 1922, ATF 1923, Caslon 1925, Polk 1964
Quadruple Case Type lay Hamilton 1932, Kelsey 1969 Empty case Hamilton 1932, Kelsey 1969
Swiss Quadruple Case Empty case Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004
.. see also Four Fount Case M&R 1873
Quantities in a case of English and French type.
Quantities in a fount of English and Dutch, French, German, Hebrew type.
Quarter Caps/Accents CasesType lays Hamilton c.1932Empty cases Hamilton c1932
(Combination) Quarter CaseType lay Atkins 1932Empty case Atkins 1932
Quarter Figs/Quads CasesEmpty cases Hamilton c.1932
Queen's Printing Office Hebrew Lower Case Empty case Savage 1841
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Rationnelle Type lay Muller c.1910. Empty case Muller c1910
Reading Double CaseType lay Reading University 2002
Reformada Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928. Empty case Enc Vniversal Illvst 1928
Registered Double No.1 CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Registered Half Double CaseEmpty case Ullmer 1902
Reversed Improved Double CaseEmpty case Alembic Press 2009
Ringwalt's California Lower Case Type lay Ringwalt 1871. Empty case Ringwalt 1871
Roman Single Case Type lay Wolffger 1673. Empty case Wolffger 1673
Roman Single Case Type lay Vietor & Redinger 1679. Empty case Vietor & Redinger 1679
Romano o Francese Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Romein Boven (Laagen Ascendonica) Type lay Plantin-Moretus pre 1876. Empty case Moxon 1683
Rooker Lower Case Empty case Ringwalt 1871
Rooker Upper Case Empty case Ringwalt 1871
Rossi Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Russian Single Case Empty case Wollfger 1673
Russian Single Case Type lay Lockwood 1894 Empty case Lockwood 1894
Russian Single Case Type lay Legros & Grant 1916 Empty case Legros & Grant 1916
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Savage's Dublin Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841
Savage's Edinburgh Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841.Empty case Savage 1841
Savage's Edinburgh Upper Case Type lay Savage 1841
Savage's New Greek Lower Case Empty case Savage 1841
Savage's Old Greek Upper and Lower Cases Type lay Savage 1841 iro Spottiswoode
Savage's New Lower Case Type lay Savage 1841
Savage's New Upper Case Type lay Savage 1841
Savage's Old Greek Lower Case Empty case Savage 1841
Schultz's Danish Single case Empty case 1915 Jens Jørgen Hansen 2015Type lay 1915 (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2015)
Scottish Double Case Empty case (Marr) Alembic Press 1974
Scottish Double Case (Improved) Type lay as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974. Empty case SB 1922, Caslon 1925
Scottish Double Case (Improved) Type lay Glasgow School of Art 2005
Scottish Double Case comparison of styles.
Scottish Improved Double Case Type lay Glasgow School of Art 2005
Scottish Improved Double Case Empty case (M&R) Alembic Press 1974
Scottish Improved Double Case Empty case Alembic Press 1974
Scottish Lower Case Type lay Chambers 1891. Empty case Chambers 1891, SB 1922, Caslon 1925
Scottish Ordinary Double Case Empty case SB 1922, Caslon 1925
Scottish Upper Case Type lay Chambers 1891Empty case Chambers 1891
.. and see Scottish Type Lays and Scottish Empty Cases
Script Upper Case Empty case Leferve 1880
Shanks' Music Lower Case Empty case Southward 1882
Shanks' Music Upper Case Empty case Southward 1882
Shepherd's Double Case Type lay Shepherd 1958
Siciliano Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Sindhi Lower Case Empty case Sind 1999 (Upper uses Nagari)
Single case
Caja Española Type lay Morato 1933. Empty case Morato 1933
French Single Case Type lay Southward 1882. Empty case Southward 1882
French Single Case Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963. Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963
German Single Case Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963. Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963
German Single Case Empty case Gessner 1740
Italian Single Case Type lay Hostettler 1949, 1963. Empty case Hostettler 1949, 1963
Modello Francese Type lay Gallavrini 1966. Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Roman Single Case Type lay Wolffger 1673. Empty case Wolffger 1673
Roman Single Case Type lay Vietor & Redinger 1679. Empty case Vietor & Redinger 1679
Spanish Single Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
Caja Normal (Spanish) Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928. Empty case Enc Vniversal Illvst 1928
Caja Reformada (Spanish) Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928. Empty case Enc Vniversal Illvst 1928
Caja de Versalitas Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Swiss Helvetica Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Swiss Parisienne Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
.. also see Empty Single Cases
Six Fount CaseEmpty case M&R 1873
Small Caps caseType lay da Silva 1962Empty case da Silva 1962
Smith's Fount Lower Case Type lay Smith 1755. Empty case Smith 1755
Smith's Alternative Lower Case Empty case Smith 1755
Smith's Lower Case No.1 Type lay Smith 1755. Empty case Smith 1755
Smith's Lower Case No.2 Type lay Smith 1755
Smith's Lower Case No.3 Type lay Smith 1755
Smith's Greek Lower Case Empty case Smith 1755
Smith's Upper Case No.1 Type lay Smith 1755
Smith's Upper Case No.2 Type lay Smith 1755
Smith's Upper Case No.3 Type lay Smith 1755
Sources: see source documents of layouts and cases.
Southern College of Art Double CaseType lay 1970s and earlier
Southward's Bookwork Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882
Southward's Bookwork Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882
Southward's Double Case Empty case Southward 1887
Southward's German Lower CaseEmpty case Southward 1892
Southward's Greek Lower Case Empty case Southward 1887
Southward's Hebrew Upper and Lower Case Type lay Southward 1887. Empty Lower case van Winkle 1818, Timperley 1838, Southward 1887
Southward's Improved Lower Case Type lay Southward 1887
Southward's Improved Upper Case Type lay Southward 1887
Southward's Modern Lower Case Type lay Oldfield 1890s, Southward 1933
Southward's Modern Upper Case Type lay Southward 1898, 1933
Southward's Music Lower Case Empty case Southward 1898
Southward's Music Upper Case Empty case Southward 1898
Southward's Old Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882
Southward's Old Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882
Southward's Old Lower Case Type lay Southward 1898, 1933
Southward's Old Upper Case Type lay Southward 1898, 1933
Southward's U.S. Lower Case Type lay MacKellar 1870, Southward 1887
Space & Quad Case Type lay Cleveland 1893, 1895, ATF 1896Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892, BBS 1890s. Cleveland 1893, 1895, ATF 1896
Space & Quad Case Empty case Miller & Richards 1894, 1927
.. Improved Quad & Space Case Empty case American Printing Equipment & Supply Co. 1983
Spacing (German Ausschluß) CaseEmpty case in use by Druckladen 2003
Spanish Single Case Type lay Lockwood 1894. Empty case Lockwood 1894
.. also see Spanish Case Lays and Empty Spanish Cases
Spurrell's Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882
Spurrell's Upper Case Type lay Southward 1882
Stanhope's Proposed Lower Case Type lay Johnson 1824
Stanhope's Proposed Upper Case Type lay Johnson 1824
Stellar Press Double CaseType lay St Bride Foundation 2015
Stephenson Blake's Double Case Type lay Millington 1963
Stevens' Gem Music Lower CaseType lay R.H.Stevens c.1930
Stevens' Gem Music Outer CaseType lay R.H.Stevens c.1930
Stevens' Gem Music Upper CaseType lay R.H.Stevens c.1930
Stower's Greek Lower Case Empty case Stower 1808
Stower's Greek Upper Case Empty case Stower 1808
Stower's Improved Fount Lower CaseType lay Stower 1808. Empty case Stower 1808
Stower's Improved Fount Upper Case Type lay Stower 1808. Empty case Stower 1808
Stower's No.1 Lower Case Type lay Stower 1808, same as Luckombe
Stower's No.1 Upper Case Type lay Stower 1808, same as Smith No.2
Stower's No.2 Lower Case Type lay Stower 1808
Stower's No.2 Upper Case Type lay Stower 1808
Stower's No.3 Lower Case Type lay Stower 1808
St Bride Foundation Double CaseType lay St Bride Foundation 2014
St Bride Foundation Double CaseType lay St Bride Foundation 2015Empty case Palmer & Rey 1884
St Bride Foundation Double CaseType lay St Bride Foundation 2015
Swedish Normalkast Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Swiss Parisienne Single Case Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Swiss Helvetica Single Case Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Swiss Quadruple Case Empty case as in current use
Swiss Single Case Empty case as in 2004
Swiss Single Case Empty case as in 2004
Syriac Single Case Empty case Wolffger 1673
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Talbot's Double Case Type lay Talbot, late 1960sEmpty case Talbot, late 1960s
Thompson Amateur CaseEmpty case Thompson c.1949
Three Quarter California Job CaseType lay ATF 1906 Empty case ATF 1906
Three Quarter Case (Dutch) Type lay as in current use. Empty case as in current use
Three Quarter Case (Dutch) Type lay In De Bonnfant 2004Empty case In De Bonnfant 2004
Three Quarter Case with accents (Dutch) Empty case as in current use
Three Quarter Case with ç (Dutch) Type lay as in current use
Three Quarter Hamilton casesList Hamilton 1907
Time Table Quarter Case Type lay Hamilton 1907. Empty case Hamilton 1907
Timperley's New Lower CaseType lay Timperley 1838
Timperley's New Upper CaseType lay Timperley 1838
Titling (Jobbing) Case Type lay Caslon 1897. Empty case M&R 1894, Caslon 1897
Times Office Lower Case Type lay Southward 1882
Times Office Upper CaseType lay Southward 1882
Tomlinson's Lower Case Type lay Tomlinson 1853 - minor change to Savage's case
Tomlinson's Upper CaseType lay Tomlinson 1853 - minor change by Southward
Treble Case Empty case Harpel 1870, M&R 1873, BBS 1890, SB&Co 1922
Triple Cases:
De Vinne Triple Case Type Lay De Vinne 1904 Empty Case Harpel 1870
Hamilton Triple Case Type lay ATF 1923
Empty case Hamilton 1922, Missouri-Central 1959
Triple Case Type Lay ATF 1906 Empty Case Harpel 1870
and see Treble Case above
Two Fount News Lower Case Type Lay Southward 1882
Two Rivers Cap Case Type lay ATF 1906
Empty case ATF 1906
Two Third Case (Dutch) Empty case as in current use
Two-Third California Job Case Type lay Hamilton 1897 - same as Dearing Job
Two Third California Job Case Type lay Missouri 1959. Empty case Missouri 1959
Two Third Cap Case Empty case Hamilton 1922
Two Third Dearing Job Case Type lay Palmer & Rey 1892 Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Two Third Double Case Empty case Miller & Richards 1910
Two Third English Double Case Type lay Cockleshell Press 2002 Empty case Cockleshell 2002
Two Third Improved Job Case Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892, BBS 1890s, ATF 1893
Two Third Improved Job Case Empty case ATF 1906, BBS 1907
Two Third Italic Job Case Type lay Gujarati c.1928. Empty case ATF 1893, Gujarati c1928
Two Third Italic Job Empty case BBS 1890s
Two Third Job Case Type lay Lieberman 1963
Two Third Lower Case Empty case ATF 1893
Two Third Lower Case Empty case Miller & Richards 1894
Two Third News Lower Case Empty case Cleveland 1893
Two Third News Upper Case Empty case Cleveland 1893
Two Third New York Job Case Type lay ATF 1906, Long 1980. Empty case ATF 1906, Long 1980
Two Third New York Job Case Empty case Long 1980
Two Third Space and Quad Case Type lay ATF 1896 Empty case ATF 1896
Two Third Upper Case Empty case Miller & Richards 1894
Two Third Yankee Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
Two Third Yankee Job Case Type lay from full-size ATF 1906. Empty case from full-size ATF 1906
.. also see Two Third Type Lays and Empty Two Third Cases
Typecase selections: see Type lays and Empty cases
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U.K. German Lower CaseEmpty case (Southward 1892)
Unidentified U.S. Job Case Empty Case Halbert 1999
Upper Case Empty case Moxon 1683, Luckombe, Johnson, Southward, MacKellar,BB&S, SB&Co, M&R, etc
Upper Case (U.S.) Type lay BBS 1890s
Upper Cases:
see Type Lays and Empty Cases
and also see Notes on Upper Cases
U.S. Lower CaseType lay BBS 1890s. Empty case Van Winkle 1818
U.S. Lower Case Type lay MacKellar 1866, Southward 1887
U.S. Upper Case Type Lay Adams 1854. Empty case Moxon 1683
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Van Winkle Greek Lower CaseEmpty case Van Winkle 1818
Van Winkle Lower CaseType lay Van Winkle 1818. Empty case Van Winkle 1818
Van Winkle Upper CaseType lay BBS 1890s. Empty case Moxon 1683
Variant Ordinary Double CaseEmpty case Hurst Street Studios, Oxford 2021
Variations in Double Case lays
Variations in New Norcia Double Case lays 2017
Veloso's Portugese Single Case Type lay da Silva 1962.Empty case da Silva 1962
Veneto Empty case Gallavrini 1966
Versalitas Type lay Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928
Vietnamese Upper CaseType lay Vien-Hung c.1966. Empty case Vien-Hung c.1966
von Werdt German Single Case Empty case von Werdt 1639
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Wells Job Case Type lay Hamilton 1922, ATF 1923. Empty caseHamilton 1922, ATF 1923, APE&S 1983
Wells Two Fount Case Type lay ATF 1900, 1906. Empty case ATF 1900, 1906
Western Australian California Job CaseType lay W.A. Education Department c.1960
Western Australian Lower Case Type lay W.A. Education Department c.1960
Western Australian Upper Case Type lay W.A. Education Department c.1960
Whetton's Improved Double Case Empty case Whetton 1946
Wisconsin Combination Quarter Cases Type lay ATF 1897. Empty case (ATF 1897)
Wood/Poster Type Case Empty case M&R 1873, Palmer & Rey 1892, Hamilton c1932, Thompsopn 1949
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Y ----------------
Yankee Job Case Empty case Cleveland 1893, 1895
Yankee Job Case Type lay ATF 1906, Hamilton 1922, 1932. Empty case BB&S 1893, Thompson 1949
.. Double Yankee Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case ATF 1906, APE&S 1983
.. Two Third Yankee Job Case Type lay ATF 1906. Empty case Palmer & Rey 1892
.. Two Third Yankee Job Case Type lay from full-size ATF 1906. Empty case from full-size
Z ----------------
Written by David Bolton and last updated 12 November 2022.