| ° | ç | é | - | ' | e | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| & | b | c | d | s | ¦ | f | g | h | 9 | 0 | ||||
| ae | oe | |||||||||||||
| z | l | m | n | i | o | p | q | f|i | ffi | k | en | |||
| y | |i | fi | : | em | ||||||||||
| x | v | u | t | espace | a | r | . | , | quad rats | |||||
This French lay is that given in Diderot's Encyclopedia (1751-80) as the bas de casse. The equivalent haut de casse is Diderot Upper. Note that j is in the Upper, and é in the Lower.
The box |i is the long s with i ligature, etc. The en box is really labelled demi quadrats and the em box quadrats. French lays position i where English lays put h, and Oxford University Press continued this tradition. Like Moxon, Diderot has | f g (but then Moxon has |h and of course the h is in the English position).
The empty case configuration is Diderot and is not quite the same as English/US cases, eg the position of the ffi and k boxes, and also the é box.
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