Empty Improved Upper Case

                                                         
               
 
 
              
 
 
              


This English typecase construction is shown by Ullmer: Revised Illustrated Price List of New Machinery and Materials (1902), as a case useful for Jobbing Type, having larger boxes than a normal Upper, and being made extra strong to hold founts of heavy weights. It has 56 boxes. whereas a normal Upper has 98 boxes.

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This page was written in 2013 by David Bolton and last updated 23 September 2013.