Empty Four Fount Case

                                   
       
       
       
                                   
       
       
       
                                   
       
       
       
                                   
       
       
       

This English typecase configuration matches the Four Fount Case in Miller & Richard's Price List (1873) reprinted by Bloomfield (1974), and their Catalogue and Price List of Printing Material (1897) and their Printing Machinery & Material (1920s). It is also shown by Caslon: Specimen of Printing Types (1897). It has four bays of 28 boxes, unlike the Southward and later Caslon version which has four bays of 49 boxes, and unlike the Hamilton version, where three of the rows have larger boxes than the others.

Southward described the case as being particularly suitable for storing capital or fancy letter founts.

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This page was written in 1997 by David Bolton and last updated 11 April 2009.