Empty Greek Upper Case

                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                             
                             

This typecase construction is the Greek Upper of Stower: Printer's Grammar (1808), and also van Winkle: The Printers' Guide (1818), Hansard: Typographia (1825), Timperley: The Printer's Manual (1838), Savage: The Art of Printing (1841), MacKellar: The American Printer (2nd ed 1866 and still 17th ed 1889), Southward: Practical Printing (1st ed 1882 and still 5th ed 1900), Lockwood: American Dictionary of Printing & Bookmaking (1894), Southward: Modern Printing (1st ed 1898 and still 6th ed 1933), Figgins (c1907), Caslon: Printing Materials (1925), and the Greek Porson case of American Type Founders: Specimen (1923). The equivalent Lower Cases (all slightly different) are Stower, van Winkle, Hansard, Savage, Southward, MacKellar, and Caslon. An example Upper type lay is that of Savage.

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This page was written in 1997 by David Bolton and last updated 12 April 2009.