Empty Caxa Baxa

                                                         
    
            
   
 
 
         

This Spanish typecase configuration matches the Caxa Baxa shown by Juan Joseph Sigüenza y Vera: Mecanismo del arte de la Imprenta (1811), reprinted Almarabu 1992. The companion upper case is Caxa Alta and the actual lay is Caxa Baxa .

The case has 41 boxes, and has one less row than in English or U.S. Lower cases.

Other empty cases
ie with the boxes left blank
Other type layouts
ie with characters assigned to boxes
Full Index of layoutsGlossary of terms usedSources of the layoutsIntroduction
Quantities in a fount of typeQuantities in a case of type
Notes about Job
and Double Cases
Notes about Upper casesNotes about Lower casesAlembic home page

This page was written in 1998 by David Bolton and last updated 27 December 01.