Typecase Sources consulted, post 1929

Source Configuration of the empty case             Lay of the type in the case 
Kelsey, Do Your Own Printing, Meriden, Connecticut, 1930
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Excelsior as Kelsey 1892)(Imp Excel as Kelsey 1892)
(California as Henry 1917)California almost Polk 1926
Brass RuleBrass Rule
Lead & SlugLead & Slug
Two Third California, News, Small, Junior, Blank cases described in text.
Atkins, The Art & Practice of Printing, vol.1 The Composing Department, London, n.d. [1932]
Case configurationLay of the type
(California as Henry 1917)California almost Henry 1917
(Double as Southward 1882)Double
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Lower
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper
Quarter CaseCombination Quarter
Hamilton Manufacturing Co, Printing Plant Equipment, Type Storage Section Catalog 16, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, n.d. [c.1932]
(The cases below as models 2715, 2720, 2725, 2730, 2750, 2755, 2760, 2765, 2780-2805, 2815, 2820, 2830-2875 are the same as Hamilton 1922)
 
Case configurationLay of the type
Wood/Poster Type Cases
(Models 2701, 2706, 2711, 2715)
 
2717 Large Letter Case 
(2720 News Cap as Henry 1917)(News Cap as Henry 1917)
(2725 News Lower as ATF 1906)(Lower as ATF 1906)
(2730 Double Lower as M&R 1897)(Double Lower as ATF 1906)
(California as Henry 1917)California Job
(2740 Italic Job as Hamilton 1922)Italic almost Hamilton 1897
(2745 Improved New York as Hamilton 1922)Improved New York
(2750 Yankee Job as ATF 1906)
(2755 Double Yankee as ATF 1906)
(2760 Dearing Job as ATF Jumbo 1896)(Dearing Job as ATF 1906)
(2765 Wells Job as ATF 1906)(Wells Job as ATF 1906)
(2770 Triple as Hamilton 1922)Triple almost Hamilton 1922
2775 Quadruple CaseQuadruple
(2780 Dearing Accent as P.& Rey 1892)(Dearing Accent as Hamilton 1922)
(2785 Figure as ATF 1906)(Figure as ATF 1906)
(2790 Border as BBS 1907) 
(2795 Imp Space & Quad as Hamilton 1922)Imp Space & Quad
2800-2820 Various Lead and Slug
2830-2845 Various Rule
(2850 Two Third Cap as Hamilton 1922)
(2855 Two Third Yankee as P. & Rey 1892)(2/3 Yankee as Hamilton 1922)
(2/3 Dearing as Palmer & Rey California 2/3 1884)(2860 Two Third Dearing as Hamilton 1897)
(2865 Two Third California as ATF 1906)(2/3 California as ATF 1906)
2870-75 Various Two Third Leads, etc. Cases
3005-3020 Various Quarter Rule Cases
3025 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Figs/Spaces
3030 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Accents
3035 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Figs/Fracts
3040 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Signs
3045-60 Various Quarter Rule, Leaders
3065 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Space & Quad
3070 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Spaces
3075 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Caps
3080 Quarter-size CaseQuarter Borders
3199 One Third Cap Case 
3144-3270 various Half, Third, Eighth, etc cases
Southward, Modern Printing, ed. Whetton, London, 6th ed. 1933
all cases as Southward 1904, except omits Figure case and the text description of Double Double, Double Lower, and adds:
 
Case configurationLay of the type
(Improved Upper as SBlake 1922) 
Morato, Guía Práctica del Compositor Tipógrafo, Madrid, new edition 1933
Case configurationLay of the type
Caja EspañolaCaja Española
Fábregues y Saavedra, Manual del Cajista de Imprenta, Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 1933
Case configurationLay of the type
(Caja Normal as Enc Vniv Illvst 1928)(as Enc Vniv Illvst)
(Caja Reformada as Enc Vniv Illvst 1928)(as Enc Vniv Illvst)
Caja GriegaCaja Griega
In archive of Oxford University Press, dated 1934
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon)Upper
LowerLower
Adana, Printing Machines and Type Sundries for the Small Printer, Twickenham, 1934
Case configurationLay of the type
Junior CasesLayout No.2
 Layout No3
 Combined Layout
Aspinall, Handicraft Printing, London, 1936
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Upper as Sthwd 1898)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(Lower as Oldfield 1892)
(Double as Caslon Imp Dble 1897)Double
Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, 1937
Case configurationLay of the type
Alta CassaAlta Cassa
Bassa CassaBassa Cassa
Updike, Printing Types, 2nd ed 1937, reprinted Dover, New York 1980
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper almost ATF 1906
(Lower as Van Winkle 1818)(Lower as De Vinne 1904)
Polk, The Practice of Printing, Illinois, reprinted 1937Cases as for Polk 1926
Kalla, Officina Typographica, Skansen, Stockholm, n.d. [c.1940]
Case configurationLay of the type
Swedish SingleNormalkast
McPharlin, Roman Numerals Typographic Leaves and Pointing Hands, Typophile Chap Books VII, Typophiles, New York, 1942
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper Case as Moxon 1683)(Upper Case as Adams 1854)
Tarr, Printing Today, London, 1945
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Upper as Southward Modern 1898)
(Lower as Johnson 1824)(Lower as Oldfield New 1892)
Sicluna, Teoría y Práctica de la Tipografía, Editorial Gustavo Gill, Barcelona, 1945
Case configurationLay of the type
Spanish Single CaseCaja Española
Caja para blancosCaja para blancos
Caja para filetesCaja para filetes
(Greek as Fábregues 1933)(Greek almost as Fábregues 1933)
Polk, The Practice of Printing, Manual Arts Press, Illinois, 3rd ed. 1945
Case configurationLay of the type
(Cal Job as Henry 1917)(Cal Job as Polk 1926)
(Cal Job as Palmer & Rey 1884) 
Whetton, Practical Printing & Binding, London, 1946
Case configurationLay of the type
California JobCalifornia Job
Improved Double Case 
Hostettler, The Printer's Terms, London, 1949
Case configurationLay of the type
German/Swiss SingleGerman/Swiss Fraktur
German/Swiss LatinGerman/Swiss Latin
(American Dble as Henry Cal 1917)(As Atkins 1932 California Job)
(English Upper as Moxon 1683)Almost MacKellar 1866
(English Lower as Van Winkle 1818)(English Lower as ATF 1906)
French Single CaseFrench Case
Italian Single CaseItalian Case
Dutch Single CaseDutch Case
Thompson Equipment for Printing Plants Catalog 47, Thompson Cabinet Company, Ludington, Michigan, n.d. [1949]
(references below to Hamilton are for Hamilton's Catalog of 1932)
 
Case configurationLay of the type
(12706 Blank Case as Hamilton 2706) 
(12711-T Indexed Electrotype as Hamilton 2711) 
(12715-T Wood Type as Hamilton 2715) 
(12717-T Large Letter as Hamilton 2717) 
(12720 News Cap as Hamilton 2720)
(12725 Lower as Hamilton 2725)
(12730 Double Lower as Hamilton 2730)
(12735-T California as Hamilton 2735)
(12740 Italic as Hamilton 2740)
(12745 Imp New York as Hamilton 2745)
(12750 Yankee as Hamilton 2750)
(12755 Double Yankee as Hamilton 2755)
(12760 Dearing as Hamilton 2760)
(12765 Wells as Hamilton 2765)
(12770 Triple as Hamilton 2770 in 1922)
(Quadruple as Southward 1882)(12775 Quadruple as ATF 1906)
(12785 Figure as Hamilton 2785)
(12795 Imp Space & Quad as Hamilton 2795)
(plus various Lead & Rule, Indexed Electrotype, etc)
(12850 2/3 Cap as Hamilton 2850)
(12855 2/3 Yankee as Hamilton 2855)
(12860 2/3 Dearing as Hamilton 2860)
(12865 2/3 California as Hamilton 2865)
Thompson Amateur Case>/td> 
13199 One Third Small Cap Case 
(plus various 1/4 size for spaces, accents, figs etc)
Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, 1949
Case configurationLay of the type
Italian Single CaseSingle Case
Cummins, Printer's Guide, 1952
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Southward 1882)Gaelic (Irish) Double
Kelsey, Printers Guide Book, Meriden, Connecticut, 6th ed. 1952
Case configurationLay of the type
Two Third California almost ATF 1906
Zahálka, Přehled knihtisku, Práce, Praha, 1952
Case configurationLay of the type
Czech Single CaseCzech Single Case
Czech Russian Single CaseCzech Russian Single Case
Polk & Gage, A Composition Manual, Printing Industry of America, U.S.A., 1953
Case configurationLay of the type
(Job Case as Henry 1917)California Job
Southward, Modern Printing, ed. Whetton, London, 8th ed. 1954all cases as Southward 1933
except now omits Hebrew, Greek and German
Cefmor [C.F.Moore], Printers Equipment & Sundries, London, 1955
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
Californian Double 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Imp Upper as SBlake 1922) 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
(Four Fount as Southward 1882) 
(Comp Roman as SBlake 1922) 
Pickering, Compositors' Equipment, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1946, reprinted 1955
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper case as Moxon 1683)Upper Case
(Lower case as Johnson New 1824)Lower Case
(Improved Double as Caslon 1897)Improved Double Case
(California Job as Henry 1917)California Job Case
Kollecher & Matuschke, Der Moderne Druck, 1956
Case configurationLay of the type
German Single CaseNagra-Einteilung für Antiqua
Shepherd, Typography for Students, London 1958
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Miller & Richard 1894)Shepherd's Double Case
Wallis, A Short History of the English Case Lay, in Print in Britain, Nov 1959
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Modern Upper Case
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Modern Lower Case
(Double as Southward Ordinary Double 1882)Modern Double Case
Missouri-Central Type Foundry, Price List, Wichita, Kansas, 1959
Case configurationLay of the type
Two Third Cal JobTwo Third Cal Job
(News Cap as Henry Upper 1917)
(Lower as Van Winkle 1818)(News Lower as ATF 1906)
(California as Henry 1917)(California asHenry 1917)
(Two Third Cal Job as Hamilton 1922)
(Wells Job as ATF 1900 Wells Two Fount)
(Triple as Hamilton 1922)
(Italic as Hamilton 1922)
(Improved New York Job as Hamilton 1932)
(Double Lower as ATF 1893)(Double Lower as ATF 1906)
Ruppel, Das Werdende Weltmuseum der Druckkunst und die Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, Mainz, 1960
Case configurationLay of the type
German Single Case 
Western Australia Education Department, Technical Extension, Course for Composing Apprentices, Perth, n.d. [c.1960]
Case configurationLay of the type
(Cal Job as Polk 1926)California Job Case
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)Lower Case
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper Case
Genzmer, Buch des Setzers, Frankfurt, 1961
Case configurationLay of the type
(Antiquakasten-Einteilung DIN16502 same as Kollecher 1956)
German Fraktur CaseNagra-Einteilung für Fraktur
da Silva, Manual do Tipógrafo 2nd edition, Lisbon, 1962
Case configurationLay of the type
Portugese Old Single CasePortugese Old Single Case
Portugese Single CasePortugese Single Case
Castro's Portugese Single CaseCastro's Portugese Single Case
French Single CasePortugese French Single Case
Portugese Fancy caps CaseFancy Caps Case
Portugese Small Caps CaseSmall Caps Case
Portugese Figure CaseFigure Case
Cefmor-Brehmer, Catalogue, London, 1963
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower, Treble, Californian Double all listed but not illus)
(Also illustrates the Freelay case)
 
Millington, Printing as a School Craft, Sheffield, 1963
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Caslon Imp Dble 1897)Double
Hostettler, Technical Terms of the Printing Industry, St Gallen, Switzerland, 4th rev. ed. 1963All cases same as Hostettler 1949
J.Ben Lieberman, Printing as a Hobby, New York/London, 1963
Case configurationLay of the type
(California Job as Polk 1926)(Cal Job almost Polk 1926)
(Two Third (California) Job as ATF 1906)Two Third Job
Bláha, Přehled polygrafie, SNTL, Praha, 1963
Case configurationLay of the type
Czech Single CaseCzech Single Case
Polk & Polk, The Practice of Printing, U.S.A., rev. ed. 1964
As in Polk 1937, but in addition:
Case configurationLay of the type
(Dble Cap as ATF Two Fount 1900)Double Cap
(Quadruple as Southward 1882)(Quadruple as ATF 1906)
(Two Third as ATF Italic 1893)Two Third almost Gujarati 1928
Whetton, Practical Printing & Binding, London, 3rd ed. 1965
Case configurationLay of the type
(California as Polk 1926)(California as Whetton 1946)
(Improved Double as Whetton 1946) 
Gallavrini, Tipocomposizione, Associazone Culturale Progresso Grafico, Torino, n.d. [1966]
Case configurationLay of the type
Modello FranceseFrancese
Modello Romano o Francese 
Modello Napolitano 
Modello Rossi 
Modello Siciliano 
Modello Veneto 
Melbourne Museum of Printing 2019 on view in The Printing Museum, New Zealand 2020, but dating pre 1966
Case configurationLay of the type
(Job as Italic, Harpel 1870)Melbourne Job
Vien-Hung Type Foundry, Saigon, c 1966, in The Vien-Hung Typefoundry, Hill & Dale Press, Terra Alta, 1970
Case configurationLay of the type
Vietnamese CaseVietnamese Upper
Mouldtype Foundry Ltd, Mouldtype Specimen Book Edition 63, Preston, n.d. [c.1968]
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
Herbert Simon, Introduction to Printing, printed by Curwen Press, 1968
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897)Curwen Double Case
Gaskell et al, Annotated List of Printers' Manuals to 1850, in Journal of the Printing Historical Society No.4, Printing Historical Society, London, 1968
Case configurationLay of the type
Castillon 1783)
(French Lower as Castillon 1783)
Talbot Press, Essex, late 1960s (in the collection of J.Stafford Baker, 2001)
Case configurationLay of the type
Talbot Double CaseTalbot Double Case
Gaskell, The Lay of the Case, in Bowers, Studies in Bibliography Vol 22, Virginia, 1969
Case configurationLay of the type
Plantinian UpperPlantinian Upper
(Lower as Plantin K.Romein Onder 1876)Plantinian Lower
(German Single as Hostettler 1949 Fraktur)
(American Double as Henry Cal Job 1917)(American Double almost Henry Cal Job 1917)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(19th C. English Upper as Southward Bookwork 1882)
(Lower as Johnson New 1824)(19th C. English Lower as Southward Bookwork 1882)
(and see entries under Wolffger, Vietor, Gessner, Castilon, Pozzoli)
Kelsey, Printers Supply Book, Meriden, Connecticut, 1969
Case configurationLay of the type
(2/3 Cal as ATF 1906)
(Double Cap as Henry 1917 Upper)
(2/3 Dble Cap as Hamilton 1922)
(Cal Job as Whetton 1946)(Cal Job as Hamilton 1932)
(Triple as Hamilton 1922)(Triple as Hamilton 1932)
(Quadruple as Hamilton 1932)
Cefmor-Brehmer, Price List, London, 1970(Cases as for Cefmor 1963, plus Four Fount, all listed but not illustrated)
Harrild, Catalogue, London, 1970
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Treble as Harpel Triple 1870) 
(Four Fount as Southward 1882) 
(Lower listed but not illustrated)
Lindley & Maggs, Basic Printing - Letterpress for the Beginner, London, 1968, reprinted 1970
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper Case
(Double as Southward 1882)Double
Lebanon, 1970s, currently in the collection of D.Norton, U.S.A.
Case configurationLay of the type
Arabic 1st CaseArabic 1st Case
Arabic 2nd CaseArabic 2nd Case
Hopkins, The Vien-Hu'ng Typefoundry, Hill & Dale Press, Terra Alta, West Virginia, 1970See Vien-Hung 1966 above
Layout cards from Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, undated but probably still in use 1970s
Case configurationLay of the type
(as Caslon Improved Double 1897)Half (ie Double) Case
(as Johnson's New Lower 1824)Lower Case
(as Moxon)Upper Case
Layout card from the Faculty of Printing at the Southern College of Art, undated but probably not later than 1970s
Case configurationLay of the type
(as Caslon Improved Double 1897)Double Case
Pryor, History of the California Job Case, in Journal of the Printing Historical Society No.7, London, 1972
Case configurationLay of the type
California Job see Simons 1885 
Italic Job see Simons 1885 
Two Third Dearing Job see Palmer & Rey California 2/3 
California Job see Polk 1926 
Jobbing Upper Half see Southward 1872
Jobbing Lower Half see Southward 1872
McCorquodale Double see Southward 1875
McCorquodale Half see Southward 1875
Jobbing Double see Miller & Richard 1895 
Double see Miller & Richard 1895 
California Job see Palmer & Rey 1884 
California 2/3 see Palmer & Rey 1884 
Italic see Simons 1885Italic see Hamilton 1897
California Job see Palmer & Rey 1884California Job see Hamilton 1897
Dearing Job see Hamilton 1897Dearing Job see Hamilton 1897
2/3 Dearing see Palmer & Rey 1884Two Third Dearing see Hamilton 1897
National Museum of History and Technology, Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1972
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper Case as Castillon 1783)
(Lower Case as Castillon 1783)
In use at Alembic Press, Edinburgh 1974, and then Winchester, and then Oxford to date [2009]
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Caslon Imp Dble 1897)English Double
(Scotch Imp Dble as S.Blake 1922)Scottish Double
(Scottish Ordinary Double as S.Blake 1922) 
Scottish Ordinary Double (Marr) 
Scottish Improved Double 
Scottish Improved Double (M&R) 
(Scottish Lower as Chambers 1891) 
(Scottish Upper as Chambers 1891) 
Joyce & Co. (Printing Materials) Ltd., General Price List, London, 1975(Border, Double, Upper, Lower, Treble, Four Fount, Flexi-lay all listed but not illustrated. Cases in English, Scotch or Californian sizes)
In use at Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, Oxford, 1976 (and until 1996)
Case configurationLay of the type
Improved English DoubleDouble
Horsfall & Sons, Startype, Birstall, W Yorks, 1978
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Treble listed but not illustrated)
Zapf, Standard Lay of the Case (broadsheet), Myriade Press, New Rochelle, N.Y., 1978
Case configurationLay of the type
(California Job as Polk 1926)(Cal Job almost Polk 1926)
Hamilton & Kelsey cases illustrated in Long, Wood Type & Printing Collectibles, East Meadow, New York, 1980
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Henry 1917)(Upper as Henry 1917)
(Lower as Van Winkle 1818)(Lower as MacKellar 1866)
(Double Lower as ATF 1906) 
(California Job as P & Rey 1884)(Cal Job as Hamilton 1897)
(Excelsior Improved as Kelsey 1892)
(New York Job as ATF 1906)
(Paterson Job as ATF 1893) 
(Imp Job as BBS 1893) 
(Italic Job as Harpel Job 1870) 
Two Third New YorkTwo Third New York
(Yankee Job as BBS 1893) 
(Triple as Harpel 1870) 
Lindley & Maggs, Basic Printing - Letterpress for the Beginner, London, rev. ed. 1980, reprinted 1983
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Southward 1882)(Double as L&Maggs 1970)
(Double as Caslon Imp Dble 1897)Double
(Upper as Moxon 1683)(Upper as L&Maggs 1970)
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Improved Upper
American Printing Equipment & Supply Co., Catalog, Long Island, New York, 1983
Case configurationLay of the type
(News Cap as Henry Upper 1917) 
(News Lower as Johnson New 1824) 
(Italic Job as Hamilton 1922) 
(California Job as Polk 1926) 
(Wells Job as ATF Two Fount 1900) 
(Dble Cap as Henry Upper 1917) 
(Special Cap as SB Imp Upper 1922) 
(Triple as Hamilton 1922) 
(Quadruple as Hamilton 1932) 
(Double Yankee as ATF 1906) 
(Imp Quad & Space as Hamilton 1922) 
(Border as Caslon 1925) 
(Handy as BBS Figure 1893) 
Universal Type and Accessory Company, Handy Specimen of Printing Types and Accessories, Hong Kong c.1983
Case configurationLay of the type
Chinese (Canton) Case 
Shanghai Model A 
Shanghai Model B 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Van Winkle 1818) 
(Double as Harpel 1870) 
(Treble as Harpel 1870) 
(Figure as ATF 1906) 
(Model A Half Case as Southward 1887) 
(Model B Half Case as Caslon 1925) 
Used as a cover design by Goluska, Fine Print, 1986
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1683)Hebrew Upper
American Printing Equipment & Supply Co., Catalog, Long Island, New York, 1987
All cases as APES 1983, plus
Case configurationLay of the type
(Two Third California as Hamilton 1922)
(2/3 Cap as Hamilton 1922) 
Willshire-Jacobs in Small Printer May & June, British Printing Society, London, 1988
Case configurationLay of the type
(California as Polk 1926)(California as Lieberman 1963)
(Double as L&Maggs 1970)
(Cap as Improved Upper L&Maggs 1970)
(Two Third almost Hamilton 1922 2/3 California)
Stephenson Blake, Price List, Sheffield, 1989
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Imp Double Caslon 1897) 
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower, Four Fount, Californian, listed but not illus)
In St.Bride Library, London, 2006, ex Oxford University Press late 1980s
Case configurationLay of the type
Arabic Upper 
American Printing Equipment & Supply Co., Catalog, Long Island, New York, 1990(no full-size or 2/3 cases shown)
In use at Dramrite, London until early 1990s
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Imp Double Caslon 1897)Double Case
Drucken & Lernen, Liste, Oldenburg, 1991
Case configurationLay of the type
(same as Kollecher & Matuschke)Antiqua Case
Post van der Molen & Rijkse, Wat baard den Druck, Niet al Geluk!, Middelburg, 1994
Case configurationLay of the type
(Bovenkast see Ronner 1915)
In use at Atelier IT Plein, Netherlands, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
Dutch 3/4Dutch 3/4
(with ç as Dutch 3/4)Dutch 3/4 with ç
Dutch 3/4 with accents 
In use at Avalon Pers, Netherlands, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
(Letterkast (Dutch Single) as Hostettler 1949)
Letterkast with ligatures 
Handelstekens 
Four Fount 
Two Third 
Figure 
Ornament 
Jobbing 
In use at Druckladen des Gutenberg-Museums, Mainz, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
GebrocheneGebrochene
(German Antiqua same as Kollecher & Matuschke 1956)
German Antiqua 
On display in Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
(Gutenberg as Ruppel 1960) 
(Antiqua as Kollecher & Matuschke 1956)
Illustration from Druckwerkstatt Mosbach, Germany, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
(Antiqua almost Kollecher & Matuschke 1956) 
In use at Gypsy Press, U.S.A., 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
(California as Polk 1926)California Job
In use at Papierwerkstatt John Gerard, Germany, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
(Antiqua as Kollecher & Matuschke 1956)
In use at Shalom Yehuda Press, Israel, 1997
Case configurationLay of the type
Jerusalem LatinJerusalem Latin
Jerusalem CommonJerusalem Common
In use at Black Rock Press, University of Nevada, Reno, 1998
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp New York Job as Hamilton 1932) 
(News Cap as Henry 1917) 
(Two Third N.Y. Job as Long 1980) 
(California Job as Polk 1926) 
(California Job as Henry 1917) 
(Double Yankee as ATF 1906) 
Melbourne Museum of Printing, 1998 and still in 2014
Case configurationLay of the type
(Job as Henry 1917)Job Case
On display in a shop window in Venice, 1999
Case configurationLay of the type
Italian Upper Case 
(Single as Gallavrini 1966 Romano) 
Collection of Robert Halbert, Texas, 1999
Case configurationLay of the type
Unidentified U.S. Job Case 
The Sind National Type Foundry, Book of Type Faces, Jaipur, India, n.d. but as current in 1999
Case configurationLay of the type
(Indian Upper as Gujarati 1928)Upper Case
(Indian Lower as Gujarati 1928)Lower Case
(Indian Side as Gujarati Upper 1928)Side Case
Devanagari Upper CaseUpper Case
Devanagari Lower CaseLower Case
(Sindhi Upper as Gujarati 1928)Upper Case
Sindhi Lower CaseLower Case
(Hindi Upper as Gujarati 1928)Upper Case
(Hindi Side as Gujarati Upper 1928)Side Case
(Hindi Side as Gujarati Upper 1928)Side Case
Hindi Lower CaseLower Case
(English Upper as Moxon 1683)Upper Case
(English Lower as Smith No.1 1755)Lower Case
(Double as Southward 1882)Duplicate Job Case
Klingspor poster on display at Druckladen des Gutenberg-Museums, Mainz, 2001
Case configurationLay of the type
(Nagra für Fraktur as Genzmer 1961)
In use at Camberwell College of Arts, London, 2001
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Dorset House)Camberwell Double Case
(California as Polk 1926)Californian Case
On display at John Jarrold Printing Museum, Norwich, 2001
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897)Improved Double Case
In use at Old Clewer Steam Press, Berkshire, 2001
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897)English Double Case
In use at Department of Typography & Graphic Arts, University of Reading, 2002
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897)Improved Double Case
In use at Cockleshell Press, Hampshire, 2002
Case configurationLay of the type
Two Third Double Case2/3 Double Case
In use at Green Dolphin Press, U.S.A., 2002 (and based on Parrish, Ludlow Troubleshooting Guide)
Case configurationLay of the type
 Commercial Ludlow Case
In use at Druckladen des Gutenberg-Museums, Mainz, 2003
Case configurationLay of the type
(Gebrochene as in Druckladen 1997)
(Antiqua as Kollecher & Matuschke 1956)
Ausschluß 
In use at the Gnowangerup Star until 2003
Case configurationLay of the type
Improved DoubleGnowangerup Star Double
In use at In de Bonnfant, Netherlands, 2004
Case configurationLay of the type
Dutch Three QuarterDutch Three Quarter
Fraktur as Bauer 1917German Fraktur
German LatinGerman Latin
German LatinGerman Latin
German Latin 
German 
In use at Ecomusèe Voltaire, Geneva, 2004
Case configurationLay of the type
ParisienneSwiss French Single
ParisienneSwiss Helvetica Single
Quadruple 
Single 
Single 
In use at Glasgow School of Art, 2005
Case configurationLay of the type
Scottish DoubleScottish Improved Double
Scottish DoubleScottish Double (Improved)
R.H.Stevens & Co, n.d. [between 1903 and 1933], in the collection of St Bride Library, London, 2006
Case configurationLay of the type
 Gem Music Outer Case
 Gem Music Upper Case
 Gem Music Lower Case
Public auction in Antwerp, 2006
Case configurationLay of the type
Quadruple Case 
Johann Paintner, Turmino. 1997-2007 Zehn Jahre Privatmuseum Goldschagg, 2006
Case configurationLay of the type
Antiqua CaseGoldschagg's Antiqua Case
Drucken & Lernen, Katalog 2007/2008, Raunheim, 2007
Case configurationLay of the type
(same as Kollecher & Matuschke)Antiqua Case
in use at the Incline Press, Oldham, 2009
Case configurationLay of the type
(Imp Double as Caslon 1897)Improved Double Case
in use at the Alembic Press, Marcham, Oxford, 2009
Case configurationLay of the type
Cases as for Alembic Press 1974 but also
(Upper as Moxon 1683) 
(Lower as Johnson 1824) 
(Ordinary Double as Southward 1882) 
(Double Double as Miller & Richard 1897) 
(Double Double as Caslon 1925) 
(Quadruple as Southward 1882) 
(Triple as Harpel 1870) 
(California Job as Polk 1926) 
German Single 
Central Saint Martins (but out of use), courtesy of Hi-Artz Press 2012
Case configurationLay of the type
(Ord Double as Southward 1882)Double Case
Gulgong Pioneer Museum, 2012
Case configurationLay of the type
(Upper as Moxon 1623)(Upper as Southward 1898)
(Lower as Johnson 1824)(Lower as Oldfield 1892)
New Norcia (Abbey Press), 2012-2014, but probably dating from 1946
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Southward Imp Double 1875)Double Case
(Lower as Johnson 1824)Lower Case
Combined Upper and Lower CaseCombined Upper and Lower Case
(Upper as Moxon 1623)Upper Case
(Upper as Moxon 1623)Upper Case
St Bride Foundation Print Workshop, 2014
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Southward Improved Double 1875)Double Case
Cobblestones Early Settlers' Museum, 2015
Case configurationLay of the type
(Cal Job as Polk 1926)New Zealand California Job Case
St Bride Foundation Print Workshop, 2015
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Southward Improved Double 1875)Stellar Press Double Case
(Double as Southward Improved Double 1875)Double Case
(Double as Palmer & Rey California Job 1884)Double Case
New Zealand Printing Museum, 2015
Case configurationLay of the type
(Job as Whettton 1946)N.Z.Printing Museum Job Case
Richard Lawrence, 2015
Case configurationLay of the type
(Double as Miller & Richard 1894 Imp Double)Lawrence Double Case
(Double as Miller & Richard 1894 Imp Double)OUP Double Case
Jens Jørgen Hansen, 2015
Case configurationLay of the type
Danish Single CaseModern Danish Case
Schultz's Single CaseSchultz's Danish Case
Grafische Werkstatt im Traklhaus 2015
Case configurationLay of the type
(German Antiqua as Kollecher& Matuschke 1956) 
National Technical Museum, Prague, 2019
Case configurationLay of the type
Czech Single Case 
Czech Single Case 
Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, 2019
Case configurationLay of the type
Hungarian Single Case 
Ad Lib Press, USA, 2019
Case configurationLay of the type
Portugese Single CasePortugese Single Case
Wellington Centre for Book Arts, New Zealand, 2020
Case configurationLay of the type
(Job as Whetton 1946)Printing Museum Job Case 2
(Job as Whetton 1946)Printing Museum Job Case 3
atelier s8, Norway, 2021
Case configurationLay of the type
(Job as Norwegian Single Case)Norwegian Single Case
New Zealand Printing Museum, 2021
Case configurationLay of the type
Hebrew Lower caseMMOP Hebrew Lower Cases
Hurst Street Studios, Oxford, 2021
Case configurationLay of the type
Variant Ordinary Double case 
E-bay on-line 2022
Case configurationLay of the type
Possible Half Upper case 
E-bay on-line 2022
Case configurationLay of the type
English Ordinary Double case 

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This page was written by David Bolton and last updated 12 November 2022.