La Casse Deberny

ÇÊÈÉ-'E 12345678ABC
&BCD SfinFG H90
DEF
J ƌ
ZLMNI OPQ;WK  GHI
Y ?!: 
JKL
XVUTAEI AR.,ORS
LMN TV  MNO
ÇÊÈÉ-'E 12345678
PQR
&BCD SmoyFG H90
J ƌ
STU
Z 
L
 
MNI OPQ;WKen
Y ?!'emVXY
XVUTEspaces AR.,Cadrats
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This French case configuration is shown in Audin: Histoire de l'imprimerie par l'image (1929). It has three founts of upper case, in different sizes. with two of the bays arranged as if (almost) lower case configurations. There is a fourth, incomplete fount of caps, in a fourth size.

The boxes shown above as em and en are more correctly cadratin and demi cadratin, and moy and fine are espaces moyennes and fines. The empty case configuration is Deberny.

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This page was written in 2013 by David Bolton and last updated 26 September 2013.