Stower Lower Case No.3

&[ ]aeoe  '    j       e          thin    ( ) ?  !  ;  }  fl 
embcd isfg  }ff
}fi
ffilmnh oyp,wenem
ffl
zvutspacear q:quad
x.-


This English lay is the No.3 shown by Stower: The Printer's Grammar (1808), reprinted Gregg (1965). Although it has discarded the long s, it is still using the case that was configured for that, hence the empty box after g. In practice, the lay is the same as his No.1 (ie also Luckombe), apart from omitting ct and adding thins and replacing the various long s ligatures with ems and {.

The { boxes are really top, middle and bottom of a 3 part brace.

The empty case configuration is as Smith Lower, apart from the one tall em box in the 2nd row from the top, rather than the more normal two short boxes.

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This page was written in 1998 by David Bolton and last updated 23 November 2008.