Cassa Tipografica

A	B	C		D	E	F	G
H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
P	Q	R		S	T	U	V
X	Y	Z		É	Ê	Ë

á	é	í		ó	ú	oe	ae
)	§	*	[	AE	OE	Ç	ç
â	ê	î		ô	û	+	&
ä	ë	ï		ö	ü	k	j

à	è	ì	ò	ù	--	«	fl	ffl
ffi	h		b	v	c		d
ff	q
fi	m		n		o		a
z
y	l		t		u		i
x

e		w	W	À	È	Ì	Ò	Ù
		f	g	1	2	3	4	5
				6	7	8	9	0
'	-	r		s		#	!	?
p						sp.mz		.
spazi forti		quad ratini		;	,	quad rati		quad ratoni
				:

This type lay is that in Enciclopedia Italiana (1949). The box with + represents a cross. Note that J and U are in their alphabetic sequence, unlike UK/US cases. Note also the position of j and k, and that W is in the lower case bay. The # box is for spazi fini (1½pt). The other spacing is spazi mezzani (3pt) quadratini (6pt) quadratoni (12pt), forti and quadrati.The empty case configuration is Cassa Tipografica.

An earlier edition (1937) of the Enciclopedia labels the Cassa Alta and Cassa Bassa as if separate cases, and Lockwood in 1894 showed two completely separate Upper and Lower cases. However, the more recent case shown by Hostettler in 1963 is again a single case.

Other empty cases ie with the boxes left blank		Other type layouts ie with characters assigned to boxes
Full Index of layouts	Glossary of terms used	Sources of the layouts	Introduction
Quantities in a fount of type		Quantities in a case of type
Notes about Job and Double Cases	Notes about Upper cases	Notes about Lower cases	Alembic home page

This page was written in 1999 by David Bolton and last updated 3 March 1999.