Typecase Sources consulted, 1890-1929

Source Configuration of the empty case             Lay of the type in the case 
Hamilton Manufacturing Co. case c.1890-95 shown in Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal No. 7, London, 1972
Case configurationLay of the type
(Dearing Job as Palmer & Rey California 2/3 1884) 
Chambers, Encylopaedia, Edinburgh, new edition 1891
Case configurationLay of the type
Scotch UpperUpper
(Lower as Savage Edinburgh 1841)Lower
Oldfield, A Practical Manual of Typography, London, 1892
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)New Upper
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)New Lower
Two fount Double 
Southward, Practical Printing, London, 4th ed. edited Powell, 1892
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1887) 
(Six Fount as Miller & Richard 1873) 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper almost Johnson 1824
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Lower almost Johnson 1824
(Half as Southward 1887) 
Sanspareil 
Large Type 
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Hebrew Upper
(Hebrew Lower as Savage 1841)(Hebrew Lower as Savage 1841)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(German Upper as Southward 1882)
German LowerGerman Lower
(Greek Upper as Stower 1808)(Greek Upper as Southward 1882)
(Greek Lower as Southward 1882)
(Music Upper as Southward 1882)
(Music Lower as Southward 1882)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Provincial News Upper as Southward 1882)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Provincial News Lower as Southward 1882)
(News Advert Lower as Southward 1882)
(Improved Jobbing as Southward 1875)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Improved Upper as Southward 1887)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Improved Lower as Southward 1887)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(American Upper as MacKellar 1866)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(American Lower as MacKellar 1866)
Kelsey, Printers Dictionary and Guide Book, 1892
Case configurationLay of the type
Excelsior 
Excelsior ImprovedExcelsior Improved
Palmer & Rey, Type Specimen Book, San Francisco, 1892
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper Case as Moxon 1683)Cap Case
(Lower Case as van Winkle 1818)Lower Case
(Cal Job as Palmer & Rey 1884)Cap Case
(Italic Case as Harpel Job 1870) 
(Triple Case as Harpel 1870) 
Labor Saving Rule Case 
Quad & Space Case 
Labor Saving Lead Case 
Figure Case 
Blank Case 
6 font Border & Ornament Case in text, but not illustrated
(2/3 News as Moxon Upper fullsize) 
(2/3 Lower as van Winkle fullsize) 
Two Third Rule Case 
Two Third Yankee Case 
(California Two Third as Palmer & Rey 1884)California Two Third
Two Third Improved Job Case 
Middletown Job Case 
Over-run Galley Case 
Baltimore Job CaseBaltimore Job Case
Improved New York CaseImproved New York
Jumbo Job CaseJumbo Job
Accent CaseAccent Case
2/3 Space & Quad Case2/3 Space & Quad
Barnhart Bros & Spindler, Pony Specimen, Chicago, 1893-94
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)News Upper
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)News Lower
Boss News LowerBoss News Lower
(Italic as Harpel Job 1870) 
Yankee 
Improved Job 
(California as Palmer & Rey 1884) 
(Triple as Harpel 1870) 
German Lower 
Two Third Italic 
Two Third Yankee Job in text 
(Two Third Imp Job as P.& Rey 1892) 
(Two Third News Upper as News Upper above) 
(Two Third News Lower as News Lower above) 
Figure 
(Space & Quad as Palmer & Rey 1892) 
Chicago Border 
American Type Founders, Specimen of Wood Type and Catalogue of Printers Wood Goods and Materials, 1893
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as van Winkle 1818) 
Two variant Lower cases are also illustrated but not named 
(Italic as Harpel 1870) 
(Triple as Harpel 1870) 
Double Lower 
(Rooker Cap as Ringwalt 1871) 
(German News as Moxon Upper 1683) 
(German News Lower as BB&S 1893) 
(Improved Job as BB&S 1893) 
(California as Palmer & Rey 1884) 
New York Job 
Paterson Job 
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893) 
(Figure as Palmer& Rey 1892) 
(Space & Quad as Palmer& Rey 1892) 
Two Third Italic 
(Two Third Imp Job as Palmer & Rey 1892) 
(Two Third Upper as Upper above) 
Two Third Lower 
(Three Quarter Italic as Italic above) 
Lockwood, American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking, New York, 1894 reprinted Gale 1967
Case configurationLay of the type
(A.S. Upper as Moxon 1683)Anglo Saxon Upper
(A.S. Lower as van Winkle 1818)Anglo Saxon Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as Palmer & Rey 1892)
(Italic as Harpel Job 1870)Italic
(Moxon Upper as Moxon 1683)(Moxon Upper as Moxon 1683)
(Moxon Lower as Moxon 1683)(Moxon Lower as Moxon 1683)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)French Upper
(Lower as Diderot 1751)French Lower
French CombinedFrench Combined
(Upper as Moxon 1683)German Upper
German LowerGerman Lower
German SingleGerman Single
Greek DoubleGreek Double
(Greek Upper as Stower 1808)(Greek Up as MacKellar 1870)
Greek Lower(Greek Low as MacKellar 1870)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Hebrew Up as MacKellar 1870)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Hebrew Low as MacKellar 1870)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)18th C. French Upper
(Lower as Diderot 1751)18th C. French Lower
Italian UpperItalian Upper
(Lower as Pozzoli 1882)Italian Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper almost Savage New 1841
English LowerEnglish Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)American Upper
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)Lower almost De Vinne 1904
Rooker CombinedRooker Combined
Russian SingleRussian Single
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Spanish Upper
Spanish LowerSpanish Lower
Spanish SingleSpanish Single
Music UpperMusic Upper
Music LowerMusic Lower
Music SideMusic Side
Dumont, Vade-Mecum du Typographe, 1894, Bruxelles
Case configurationLay of the type
Upper CaseHaut de Casse Ordinaire
(Lower as Plantin L Asc Rom)Bas de Casse Ordinaire
Miller & Richard, Specimen, 1895. In Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal No. 7, London, 1972
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Southward 1882) 
Jobbing Double 
American Type Founders' Co (Central Type Foundry), Blue Book, St Louis, 1895
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Upper as BB&S 1893)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as BB&S 1893)
Improved Job 
(Improved Two Third Job as Palmer & Rey 1892) 
(Two Third Upper as Moxon 1683 full size) 
(Two Third Lower as Van Winkle 1818 full size) 
(Two Third Italic as BB&S 1893) 
(German Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(German Lower as BB&S 1893) 
(Space & Quad as Palmer & Rey 1892) 
(Figure as Palmer & Rey 1892) 
(Chicago Border as BB&S 1893) 
(Chicago Imp Job as BB&S Imp 1893) 
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893) 
(Boston Job as ATF 1893 New York) 
California Job 
(Triple as Harpel 1870) 
(Italic or Job as Harpel 1870) 
American Type Founders' Co, 1896
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Upper as Palmer & Rey 1892)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as Palmer & Rey 1892)
(California 2/3 as Palmer & Rey 1884)(California 2/3 as Palmer & Rey 1892)
Baltimore Job&Baltimore Job
Improved New York JobImproved New York Job
Jumbo JobJumbo Job
Miller & Richard, Catalogue & Price List of Printing Material, Edinburgh, 1897
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1882) 
Double Double 
(Double Lower as ATF 1893) 
Jobbing Upper 
(Jobbing Double as M&R 1895) 
Titling 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
(Four Fount as M&R 1873) 
(Six Fount as M&R 1873) 
Space & Quad 
H.W.Caslon & Co, Specimen of Printing Types, London, 1897
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1882) 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
(Four Fount as M&R 1873) 
(Six Fount as M&R 1873) 
(Jobbing Upper as M&R 1897) 
(Jobbing as M&R Titling 1897)Jobbing
Improved DoubleImproved Double
New JustifyingNew Justifying
Hamilton Manufacturing Co., Catalog, 1897. In Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Printing Historical Society Journal No. 7, London, 1972
Case configurationLay of the type
(Cal as Palmer & Rey 1884)California Job
(Dearing as ATF Jumbo Job 1896)(Dearing as ATF Jumbo Job 1896)
(Italic as Harpel Job 1870)Italic
(Two Third Dearing as P.& Rey 1884)(2/3 Dearing as Dearing above)
Southward, Modern Printing, London, 1st ed. 1898
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1882) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Old Upper
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Old Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Modern Upper
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Mod. Low as Oldfield New 1892)
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
Music Upper 
Music Lower 
(Music Upper as Harpel Triple 1870)Music Upper
Music LowerMusic Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Hebrew Upper
Hebrew LowerHebrew Lower
(Greek Upper as Southward 1882)(Greek Up as Southward 1882)
(Greek Lower as Southward 1882)(Greek Lw as Southward 1882)
Greek DoubleGreek Double
(Upper as Moxon 1683)German Upper
German LowerGerman Lower
FigureFigure
and described in text, but not illustrated:
Fount, Double Double, Double Lower, Improved Upper
Oldfield, A Practical Manual of Typography, London, rev. ed 1898
Case configurationLay of the type
(same as Oldfield 1892)
Bruce Type Foundry, Handy Book of Printing Types, n.d. [(c.1899]
Case configurationLay of the type
(California Job as P & Rey) 
(Improved Job as BB&S 1893) 
(New York Job as ATF 1893) 
(Paterson Job as ATF 1893) 
(Double Lower as ATF 1893) 
(Rooker Cap as Ringwalt 1871) 
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893) 
(Space & Quad as P.& Rey 1892) 
American Type Founders, Desk Book of Type and Printing Materials, 1900
Case configurationLay of the type
Wells Two FountWells Two Fount
(California Job as P & Rey 1884)Calif Job as Hamilton 1897
(Italic Job as Harpel 1870)Italic as Hamilton 1897
(Improved Job as BB&S 1893) 
New York Job 
(Paterson Job as ATF 1893) 
(Double Lower as ATF 1893) 
(Rooker Cap as Ringwalt 1871) 
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893) 
Space & Quad 
Southward, Practical Printing, 5th ed. (edited Powell), 1900
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper (Hamilton case) as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower (Hamilton case) as van Winkle 1818) 
Double (Hamilton case) 
Complete Roman (Hamilton case) 
Double Lower (Hamilton case) 
(Treble (Hamilton case) as Harpel 1870) 
(Half (Caslon case) as Southward 1887) 
Imp Jobbing Upper - CaslonImp Jobbing Upper
Sans Pareil (Caslon case) 
Large Type/Scripts (Hamilton case) 
SpaceSpace
QuartoQuarto
Brass RuleBrass Rule
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Old-fashioned Bookwork Upper as Southward 1887)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Old-fashioned Bookwork Lower as Southward 1887)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Improved Book/News Upper as Southward 1887)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Improved Book/News Lower as Southward 1887)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Provincial Book/News Upper as Southward 1882)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Provincial Book/News Lower as Southward 1882)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(German Upper as Southward 1882)
(Lower as MacKellar 1866)(German Lower as Southward 1882)
(Greek Upper as Stower 1808)(Greek Lower as Southward 1882)
(Greek Lower as Southward 1882)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Hebrew Upper as Southward 1882)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Hebrew Lower as Southward 1882)
De Vinne, Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition, New York, 1904
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper almost ATF 1906
(Lower as van Winkel 1818)Lower Case
Proposed LowerProposed Lower + caps
Proposed LowerProposed Lower + s.caps
Dictionary Lower CaseDictionary Lower Case
Job CaseJob Case
(Job as P & Rey California Job 1884)Job Case
(Triple as Harpel 1870)Triple Case
(Triple as Harpel 1870)Accent Case
(Triple as Harpel 1870)Italic Accent Case
Combination Quarter CasesCombination Quarter Cases
Adjustable Case 
Quadrat Case 
Werner Quadrat Case 
Rule CaseRule Case
4 section Rule Case 
Improved Brass Rule Case 
Figure CaseFigure Case
Music UpperMusic Upper
Music LowerMusic Lower
Greek UpperGreek Upper
(Greek Lower as MacKellar 1870)(Lower as MacKellar)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Hebrew Upper
(Hebrew Lower as MacKellar 1870)(Lower as MacKellar)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)German Upper
German LowerGerman Lower
Southward, Modern Printing, London, 2nd ed. (edited Whetton), 1904
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Old Upper as Southward 1898)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Old Lower as Southward 1898)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Modern Upper as Southward 1898)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Modern Lower as Oldfield 1892)
(Double as Caslon 1897)Double (in text)
(two other Doubles in text) 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
(Music Upper as Harpel Triple 1870)(Music Upper as Southward 1898)
(Music Lower as Southward 1898)
(Music Upper as Southward 1898) 
(Music Lower as Southward 1898) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Hebrew Upper
Hebrew LowerHebrew Lower
(Greek Upper as Stower 1808)(Greek Upper as Southward 1882)
(Greek Lower, Double as Southward 1882)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(German Upper as Southward 1898)
(German Lower as Southward 1898)
Figure Case (Caslon)Figure Case
American Type Founders, American Line Type Book, 1906
Case configurationLay of the type
(California Job as P & Rey 1884)(Calif Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Italic/Job as Harpel 1870)(Italic/Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Improved Job as BB&S 1893)Improved Job
Improved New York JobImproved New York Job
(Paterson Job as ATF 1893)Paterson Job
Combination JobCombination Job
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893)Yankee Job
Double YankeeDouble Yankee
Spaceless JobSpaceless Job
(Wells Two Fount (aka Wells Job) as ATF 1900)
Hamilton JobHamilton Job
(Dearing Job as ATF Jumbo 1896)Dearing Job
Two Rivers CapTwo Rivers Cap
(Cap as Moxon Upper 1683)Cap
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)Lower
(Double Lower as ATF 1893)Double Lower
(Triple as Harpel 1870)Triple
(Quadruple as Southward 1882)Quadruple
(Dearing Accent as P&R 1892)Dearing Accent
Border 
Music UpperMusic Upper
Music LowerMusic Lower
Music SideMusic Side
FigureFigure
German UpperGerman Upper
German LowerGerman Lower
Hebrew UpperHebrew Upper
Hebrew LowerHebrew Lower
Greek UpperGreek Upper
Greek LowerGreek Lower
Porson GreekPorson Greek
Two Third Italic/CaliforniaTwo Third Italic/Cal
Two Third YankeeTwo Third Yankee
Two Third Improved JobTwo Third Improved Job
(2/3 Dearing as Palmer & Rey California 2/3 1884)Two Third Dearing
Two Third Spaceless JobTwo Third Spaceless Job
(Three Quarter California Job as Cal Job above)
Barnhart Bros & Spindler, Book of Type Specimens No.9, Chicago, 1907
Case configurationLay of the type
(Cap as Moxon Upper 1683)(Cap as ATF 1906)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as De Vinne 1904)
(California Job as P & Rey 1884)(Calif Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Italic/Job as Harpel 1870)(Italic/Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Triple as Harpel 1870)(Triple as ATF 1906)
(Quadruple as Southward 1882)(Quadruple as ATF 1906)
(Two Rivers Cap as ATF 1906)(Two Rivers Cap as ATF 1906)
(Double Lower as ATF 1893)(Double Lower as ATF 1906)
(Improved Job as BB&S 1893)(Improved Job as ATF 1906)
(Spaceless Job as ATF 1906)(Spaceless Job as ATF 1906)
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893)(Yankee Job as ATF 1906)
(Double Yankee as ATF 1906)(Dble Yankee as ATF 1906)
(Wells Two Fount as ATF 1900)(Wells as ATF 1900)
(Dearing Job as ATF Jumbo 1896)(Dearing Job as ATF 1906)
(Improved New York Job as ATF 1906)(Imp New York as ATF 1906)
(Paterson Job almost ATF 1893)Paterson almost ATF 1906
Russell Tabular JobRussell Tabular Job
(Combination Job as ATF 1906)(Combination Job as ATF 1906)
(Dearing Accent as P & Rey 1892)Dearing Accent
(Hamilton Job as ATF 1906)(Hamilton Job as ATF 1906)
Border 
Music UpperMusic Upper
Music LowerMusic Lower
Music SideMusic Side
(Figure as ATF 1906)(Figure as ATF 1906)
Byerly FigureByerly Figure
German CapGerman Cap
German LowerGerman Lower
Improved Space & QuadImp Space & Quad
Practical Space & QuadPractical Space & Quad
(2/3 Dearing as Palmer & Rey California 2/3 1884)(Two Third Dearing as ATF 1906)
(Two Third Italic as ATF 1906)
(Two Third Yankee as ATF 1906)
(Two Third Spaceless Job as ATF 1906)
(Two Third Improved Job as ATF 1906)
(Three Quarter California Job as California Job above)
Figgins, Layout Sheets, n.d. [1907 or earlier]. In St Bride Printing Library, London, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
Arabic UpperArabic Upper
(Arabic Outer as Upper above)Arabic Outer
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Arabic Lower
(Outer as Moxon 1683)Hindustani Outer
(Upper as Arabic Upper)Hindustani Upper
(Lower as Arabic Lower)Hindustani Lower
(Outer as Arabic Upper)Malayan Outer
(Upper as Arabic Upper)Malayan Upper
Malayan LowerMalayan Lower
Compound Hebrew UpperComp Hebrew Upper
Compound Hebrew LowerComp Hebrew Lower
Compound Hebrew InnerComp Hebrew Inner
(Greek Upper as Stower 1808)Greek Upper
Greek LowerGreek Lower
Muller, Nouveau Manuel de Typographie, Paris, n.d. [c.1910]
Case configurationLay of the type
French UpperLa Française Haut de Casse
(Lower as Fertel)La Française Bas de Casse
French SingleLa Parisienne
French SingleLa Rationelle
French Caps Case 
French SingleCasse pour deux caractères
French SingleCasse pour trois caractères
French SingleCasse pour caractéres + orné
Sigwalt Manufacturing Co: Printing Presses, Type and Supplies, Catalogue No.10, Chicago, n.d. [c.1910]
Case configurationLay of the type
Improved Type CaseImproved Type Case
Encyclopaedia Britannica, New York, 11th ed. 1911
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper almost Johnson New 1824
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Lower almost Johnson New 1824
Jacobi, Printing, London, 5th ed. 1913
Case configurationLay of the type
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)News Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)News Upper
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Book Lower almost Southward Old 1898
(Upper as Moxon)(Book Upper almost Southward Old 1898
New LowerNew Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)New Upper
(German Lower as MacKellar 1866)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)German Upper almost MacKellar 1866
De Vinne, Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition, New York, 1914
Case configurationLay of the type
(as De Vinne 1904)
Dumont, Vade-Mecum du Typographe, Bruxelles, 4th ed. 1915
Case configurationLay of the type
Lower as Dumont 1894
Upper as Dumont 1894
(French Single as Muller)Casse Française almost Muller
DoubleCasse avec Haut de Coté
TripleCasse pour trois caractères
QuadrupleCasse pour quatre caractères
Ronner, Van leerling tot zetter, 1915. In Post van der Molen & Rijkse, Wat baard den Druck, Niet al Geluk!, Middelburg, 1994
Case configurationLay of the type
Dutch UpperBoven
(Lower as Zweijgardt No.2 1822)Onder
Legros & Grant, Typographical Printing-Surfaces, London, 1916
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)
(Lower as Moxon 1683)
(Upper as Smith No.3 1755)
(Lower as Smith No.3 1755)
(Lower as Southward 1898 Old Lower)
(Lower, in text, as Oldfield 1892)
(Upper as Johnson Stanhope Upper 1824)
(Lower as Johnson Stanhope Lower 1824)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)French Upper
(Lower as Diderot 1751)French Lower
German SingleGerman Fraktur
Russian SingleRussian Single
Hieroglyphic 1stHieroglyphics
Hieroglyphic 2ndHieroglyphics
Bauer, Handbuch für Schriftsetzer, Frankfurt, 4th ed. 1917
Case configurationLay of the type
German FrakturFraktur
German AntiquaAntiqua
German Antiqua + SCAntiqua + SC
Space & QuadsAusschluß
also small cases for Akzidenz, etc 
Hamilton cases shown in Henry, Printing for School & Shop, New York, 1917
Case configurationLay of the type
Upper (aka News Cap)Upper
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as De Vinne 1904)
California Job(California Job as Hamilton 1897)
Polk, Vocational Printing, Guy M Jones, Indianapolis, 1918
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper News or Cap as Henry 1917)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower News as Palmer & Rey 1892)
(Job as Henry 1917)(Job as Hamilton 1897 California Job)
Rule Case 
Jacobi, Printing, London, 6th ed. 1919
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(News Upper as Jacobi 1913)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(News Lower as Jacobi 1913)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Book Lower almost Southward Old 1898
(Book Upper as Moxon)(Book Upper almost Southward Old 1898
(New Lower as Jacobi 1913)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(New Upper as Jacobi 1913)
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1882 Ordinary) 
(Treble as M&R Six Fount 1873) 
Hebrew UpperHebrew Upper
Hebrew LowerHebrew Lower
Greek UpperGreek Upper
Greek LowerGreek Lower
Bauer, Handbuch für Schriftsetzer, Frankfurt, 1920
Case configurationLay of the type
(Fraktur, Antiqua, Antiqua + SC, as Bauer 1917)
Miller & Richard, Printing Machinery & Material, Edinburgh & London, n.d. [c.1920]
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1882) 
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Imp Upper as SBlake 1922) 
Jobbing Double 
(Treble as M&R 1873 
(Four Fount as M&R 1873) 
(Jobbing Upper as M&R 1897) 
(Titling as M&R 1897) 
(Double Double as M&R 1897) 
(Six Fount as M&R 1873) 
Two Third Double Case 
Two Third Lower Case 
Stephenson, Blake & Co., Printing Material & Machinery, Sheffield, 1922
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Double as Southward 1882) 
Improved Upper 
(Improved Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Scotch Upper as Chambers 1891) 
(Scotch Lower as Chambers 1891) 
Scotch Double 
Complete 
Jobbing Upper 
Scotch Imp Double 
(Treble as M&R 1873) 
(Quadruple as Southward 1882) 
Hamilton Manufacturing Co, Modern Printing Office Furniture, Catalog 15, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1922
Case configurationLay of the type
(News Cap as Henry 1917)(News Cap as Henry 1917)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as ATF 1906)
(Double Lower as ATF 1906)
(California Job as Henry 1917)(Cal Job as Hamilton 1897)
Italic Job(Italic Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Improved New York Job as ATF 1906)
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893)(Yankee Job as ATF 1906)
(Double Yankee as ATF 1906)
(Dearing Job as ATF Jumbo 1896)(Dearing Job as ATF 1906)
(Wells Job as ATF 1906 Wells Two Fount)
TripleTriple
(Quadruple as ATF 1906)
(Dearing Accent as BB&S 1907)
(Figure as ATF 1906)
(Border as BB&S 1907) 
Improved Space & QuadImp Space & Quad
(Two Third Yankee as P&R 1892)Two Third Yankee
Two Third CapTwo Third as News Cap above)
(2/3 Daring as Palmer & Rey California 2/3 1884)(Two Third Dearing as Hamilton 1897)
(Two Third California as ATF 1906)
Hague, Textbook of Printing Occupations, Bruce Publishing, Milwaukee, 1922
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Henry 1917)(Cap News as Henry Upper 1917)
(Lower as Van Winkle 1818)Lower News almost De Vinne Lower 1904
(California Job as P & Rey 1884)(California Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Yankee Job as BB&S 1893)(Yankee Job as ATF 1906)
(Double Cap as Cap News above)(Double Cap as Cap News above)
(Triple Cap as Hamilton 1922)(Triple Cap as Hamilton 1922)
Lead & Slug 
American Type Founders, Specimen, Jersey, New Jersey, 1923
Case configurationLay of the type
(Yankee as BB&S 1893)(Yankee Job as ATF 1906)
(N.Y. Imp Job as ATF 1906)(N.Y. Imp Job as ATF 1906)
(California as Henry 1917)(California as Hamilton 1897)
(Cap as Henry 1917)(Cap as Henry 1917)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as ATF 1906)
(Italic as Hamilton 1922)
(Double Yankee as ATF 1906)
(Double Lower as ATF 1906)
(Two Third Yankee as Hamilton 1922)
(Two Third California as ATF 1906)
(Wells Job as ATF 1900 Wells Two Fount)
(Triple as Hamilton 1922)
(Quadruple as ATF 1906)
(Improved Space & Quad as Hamilton 1922)
(Figure as ATF 1906)
(Upper as Moxon)Hebrew Upper
(Hebrew Lower as Lower above)Hebrew Lower
Greek CapsGreek Caps
(Porson as Stower Greek Upper 1808)Greek Porson
(Greek Lower as MacKellar 1870) 
(Two Third Cap as Hamilton 1922) 
H.W.Caslon & Co, Printing Types & Catalogue of Materials, London, 1925
Case configurationLay of the type
(New Upper as SBlake 1922)New Upper
(New Lower as Jacobi 1913)
New DoubleNew Double
(Old Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Standard Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Standard Double as Southward 1882) 
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Complete as BB&S Imp Job 1893) 
(Scotch Upper as Chambers 1891) 
(Scotch Lower as Chambers 1891) 
(Scotch Double as SBlake 1922) 
(Scotch Imp Dble as SBlake 1922) 
Macneill Double 
Double Double 
(Jobbing Upper as SBlake 1922) 
(Display Upper as M&R Titling 1897) 
Justifying Case No.1 
(Treble as Harpel 1870) 
(Four Fount as ATF 1906 Quadruple) 
(Six Fount as M&R 1873) 
(Greek Upper as Stower 1808) 
(Greek Lower as Figgins 1907) 
Greek Double 1 
Greek Double 2 
Border 
(Figure as ATF 1906) 
(Half Case as Southward 1887) 
Improved Half CaseImproved Half Case
Niel, Satztechnisches Taschen-Lexikon, Wien, 1925
Case configurationLay of the type
Fraktur Fraktur
Latin with AccentsLatin with Accents
Latin with Small CapsLatin with Small Caps
ArabicArabic
ArmenianArmenian
DevanagarischerDevanagarischer
French LowerFrench Lower
French SingleFrench Single
French UpperFrench Upper
ItalienischerItalienischer
JavarischerJavarischer
MusicMusic
SchwedischerSchwedischer
Polk, The Practice of Printing, Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois, 1926
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Henry 1917)
(News Lower as ATF 1906)
(Triple as ATF 1906)
(California as Henry 1917)
Gujarati Type Foundry, Type Book, Bombay, n.d. (sections dated 1928, but still current in 1980s)
Case configurationLay of the type
Nagari Upper  
Nagari Imp Upper 
Nagari Lower 
(Two Third Italic as ATF 1893)Two Third Italic Job
(Cap as Henry 1917)(Cap as Henry 1917)
(Lower as van Winkle 1818)(Lower as De Vinne 1904)
(Italic as Harpel 1870)(as Hamilton 1897)
(Heading as Harpel 1870 Triple)Heading or Triple
Espasa-Calpe S.A., Enciclopedia Vniversal Ilvstrada, Bilbao, 1928
Case configurationLay of the type
Caja Normal (and as Lockwood Single)Caja Normal
Caja ReformadaCaja Reformada
(Versalitas as Caja Normal)Caja de Versalitas
Caja de GriegoCaja de Griego
Caja Arabe alta izquierdaCaja Arabe alta izquierda
Caja Arabe baja izquierdaCaja Arabe baja izquierda
(Upper as alta izquierda)Caja Arabe alta derecha
Caja Arabe baja derechaCaja Arabe baja derecha
Caja de HebreoCaja de Hebreo
 
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This page was written in 1997 by David Bolton and last updated 15 April 2009.