Miscellaneous full-size cases are listed below. For the most part, these cases are not designed to hold founts of letters, but to hold ornaments, borders, leads, rules, figures, etc. These cases are distinguished from other similar purpose cases by having no central partition. Each case links to a descriptive page that shows the actual box layout, and the source(s) of the information.
| Empty Cases | Rows | Boxes in top row | Total boxes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figure Case (Palmer & Rey 1892) | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Figure Case (BBS 1890s) | 3 | 7 | 21 | |
| Chicago Border & Ornament Case (BBS 1890s) | 11 | 24 | 240 | boxes smaller at top, larger at bottom |
| Improved Jobbing case (Ullmer 1902) | 6 | 7 | 42 | Rows increase in size from top to bottom |
| Lead case (Ullmer 1902) | 1 | 9 | 9 | Boxes go wide to narrow, left to right |
| Hamilton Job Case(ATF 1906) | 7 | 7 | 49 | boxes smaller at the top, larger at the bottom |
| Two Rivers Cap Case (ATF 1906) | 8 | 14 | 101 | Two top rows of 14 then 3+7+4 per row |
| Large Letter Case (Hamilton 1932) | 4 | 5 | 16 | rows vary with loose inserts |
| Border Case (Caslon 1925) | 6 | 7 | 42 | |
| Dutch Figure Case (Avalon Pers 1997) | 3 | 5 | 15 |
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