This page lists full-size Job cases as below. For other sizes, see Two Third, etc. Job case is here taken to describe a case divided into three bays, two to hold the lower case and one to hold the upper case of a full fount. One of the traditional differences in style of these cases is the box top left in the central bay (i.e. above the i box). One style has a divided box, as listed below, and the other has a single box, listed under Double Cases, and generally of English rather than U.S. or other origin. Note that the overall dimensions are different, English cases being about 32½x14½ inches whereas U.S. ones, for example, are 32¼x16¾ inches.
Note that some other three bay cases are listed separately, but are somewhat similar to a Job case.
The pattern of the rows in the upper (right hand) case section is shown e.g. as 7 for seven same sized rows, 1:3:1 as top row and bottom row smaller than middle three rows, (2) as two rows for the upper case, although not in a separate section.
Empty Cases | No. of boxes in left section | No. of boxes in central section | No. of boxes in right section | Upper row pattern |
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Nine rows for "Upper" | ||||
Scottish Ordinary Double Case (SB&Co 1922) | 21 | 32 | 63 | 9 |
Paterson Job Case (ATF 1893) | 25 | 30 | 63 | 9 |
Paterson Job Case (BBS 1907) | 24 | 30 | 63 | 9 |
Eight rows for "Upper" | ||||
Clapp's Success Case (The Printer and Bookmaker 1898) | 47 | 50 | 8 | |
Seven rows for "Upper" | ||||
Italic Job Case (Harpel 1870) | 24 | 30 | 49 | 7 |
New York or Boston Job Case (ATF 1893) | 40 | 46 | 49 | 7 |
(Italic) Job Case (De Vinne 1904) | 24 | 30 | 56 | 7 |
Italic (Job) Case (Hamilton 1922)† | 24 | 30 | 49 | 3:3:1 |
†This case has the : ; boxes smaller than the . - boxes | ||||
Italic Job Case (possibly 1922)‡ | 24 | 30 | 49 | 3:3:1 |
‡This case has the : ; boxes the same size as the . - boxes | ||||
Scottish Double Case (Marr, Alembic Press 1974) | 21 | 32 | 49 | 7 |
Dutch Jobbing Case (Avalon Pers 1997)§§ | 27 | 32 | 49 | 7 |
§§Although this case is roughly the same size as English full-size cases, it is actually a Dutch three quarter case. | ||||
Six rows for "Upper" | ||||
Yankee Job Case (Cleveland 1893) | 40 | 48 | 42 | 6 |
Californian Double Case (Cefmor 1955) | 24 | 30 | 42 | 2:4 |
Improved Scottish Double Case (Miller & Richard, Alembic Press 1974) | 21 | 32 | 42 | 2:4 |
Improved English Double Case (Dorset House 1976) | 24 | 30 | 42 | 2:4 |
Five rows for "Upper" | ||||
California Job Case (Palmer & Rey 1884) | 24 | 30 | 35 | 1:4 |
New York Job Case (ATF 1896) | 40 | 46 | 35 | 1:4 |
Jumbo Job Case (ATF 1896) Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897) | 49 | - | 35 | 1:4 |
California Job Case (Henry 1917)† | 24 | 30 | 35 | 1:3:1 |
†This case has the : ; boxes smaller than the . - boxes | ||||
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton 1922) | 40 | 46 | 35 | 1:3:1 |
California Job Case (Polk 1926)‡ | 24 | 30 | 35 | 1:3:1 |
‡This case has the : ; boxes the same size as the . - boxes | ||||
Scottish Improved Double Case(SB&Co 1922) | 21 | 32 | 35 | 1:3:1 |
McNeill Double Case (Caslon 1925) | 24 | 30 | 35 | 1:3:1 |
Improved Scottish Double Case (Alembic Press 1974) | 21 | 32 | 35 | 4:1 |
Two rows for "Upper" | ||||
Yankee Job Case (BB&S 1890s) | 40 | - | 46 | (2) |
New York/Boston Job Case (ATF 1893/1895) | 40 | 46 | 49 | (2) |
Improved Job Case (ATF 1895) | 39 | - | 44 | (2) |
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