This U.S. case configuration is shown by, for example, American Type Founders, American Line Type Book 1906, and Barnhart Bros & Spindler, Book of Type Specimens No.9 1907, and Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Modern Cabinets, Furniture and Materials for Printers, Catalog 14 c.1907. The lay is Three Quarter. The case is simply a smaller version of the full-size California Job case, and is 26½x16⅝ inches.
Hamilton state that all their three quarter cases are the same style and arrangement as their full size cases, and in 1907 listed the following three quarter cases:
Adjustable Lead & Slug No.1 (available in two depths)
Adjustable Lead & Slug No.2 (available in two depths) (Empty) Blank Case Border Case California Job Case Dearing Job Case Duplex Job Case Figure Case Furneaux Rule Case Hamilton Job Case Improved Job Case Improved Space and Quad Case Italic Job Case |
Lead and Slug Case
Metal Furniture Case (available in two depths) News Cap case News Lower Case Practical Space and Quad Case Rule Case Spaceless Job Case Triple Case Two Rivers Cap Case Wells Job Case Wheeler Job Case Yankee Job Case |
Other empty cases ie with the boxes left blank | Other type layouts ie with characters assigned to boxes | ||
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