Portugese Figure Case

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7890
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This Portugese case lay is the Caixa de numeração shown by da Silva, Manual do Tipógrafo, 2nd ed. 1962. It is a three quarter sized case 66x47cm with 29 boxes and is used for figures. The empty case configuration is Figure Case.

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ie with the boxes left blank
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ie with characters assigned to boxes
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This page was written in 2020 by David Bolton and last updated 28 February 2020.