Lanston Monotype UA/MCA Arrangements
The arrangements listed below are those shown in The Lanston Monotype Machine Co (Philadelphia)'s The Monotype System second edition 1916. They represent the basic 15x15 matrix case layouts before layouts began to be propduced for specific typefaces and customers. A large number of typefaces use these layouts (see for some examples Monotype Keybars), and although they are all for 15x15 cases, they do show the unit values attributed to the characters in the case. They are more strictly matrix case arrangements rather than unit arrangements. An alternative approach is to re-arrange the information, as shown at Unit Arrangement C which lists the unit values alphabetically, rather than by stopbar/wedge unit value.
In the U.K. the Monotype Corporation issued layout sheets showing keybar and keybutton designations, as well as case layout, and started much earlier to design layouts to match specific typefaces. Some of these are listed at Layouts. An equivalent re-arrangement of unit values is Unit Arrangement 1, again listing alphabetically. Both companies did provide Unit Arrangement sheets on demand, for the casting of sorts, and thus listing by unit value, all the characters, and their set widths for the different point sizes.
Some of the layouts shown here will have their quality of reproduction improved in due course, but at the moment there should be sufficient detail to show the unit values for each row of the matrix case. If the typeface is known, then using U.S. Faces will link directly to the appropriate layout below.
- Arrangement C (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Italic and fractions
- Arrangement C1 (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Bold and fractions
- Arrangement C2 (5A) Roman, Small Caps,and Extended Bold
- Arrangement C3 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and Fraktur
- Arrangement C4 (4A) Roman, Condensed Bold and fractions
- Arrangement 6C1 (6A) Roman, Italic and Bold
- Arrangement 6C2 (6A) Roman, Italic and Extended Bold
- Arrangement FC (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Italic and French accents
- Arrangement FC1 (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Bold and French accents
- Arrangement FC2 (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Extended Bold and French accents
- Arrangement GC1 (4A) German (Fraktur) Light and Bold
- Arrangement SC (5A) Roman, Small Caps and Italic
- Arrangement SC1 (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Bold and Spanish accents
- Arrangement SC2 (5A) Roman, Small Caps, Extended Bold and Spanish accents
- Arrangement UC (5A) Roman, Small Caps and Italic for tabular work
- Arrangement UC1 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and C1 Bold for tabular work
- Arrangement UC2 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and C2 Bold for tabular work
- Arrangement WC (5A) Roman, Small Caps and Italic for tabular work (8½ set changed to 8 set)
- Arrangement WC1 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and C1 Bold for tabular work (8½ set changed to 8 set)
- Arrangement WC2 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and C2 Bold for tabular work (8½ set changed to 8 set)
- Arrangement YC (5A) Roman, Small Caps and Italic for tabular work (7 set changed to 6 set)
- Arrangement YC1 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and C1 Bold for tabular work (7 set changed to 6 set)
- Arrangement YC2 (5A) Roman, Small Caps and C2 Bold for tabular work (7 set changed to 6 set)
- Arrangement NC1 (4A) Roman, C1 Bold and two line figures for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement NC2 (4A) Roman, C2 Bold and two line figures for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement 6N1 (6A) Roman, Italic, C1 Bold and two line figures for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement 6N2 (6A) Roman, Italic, C2 Bold and two line figures for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement FN (4A) Roman, Italic, two line figures and French accents for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement FN2 (4A) Roman, C2 Bold, two line figures and French accents for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement SN (4A) Roman, Italic, two line figures and Spanish accents for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement SN2 (4A) Roman, C2 Bold, two line figures and Spanish accents for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement GN1 (4A) German (Fraktur) Light and Bold, and two line fugures for Newspaper Ads
- Arrangement R2 (4A) Bold (C1), Bold (C2), Small Caps and cross rules
- Arrangement QC (4A) Roman and Italic for 14pt and 18pt composition
- Arrangement QC2 (4A) Roman and Bold for 14pt and 18pt composition
- Arrangement P-G (4A) Plate Gothic
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This page was written by David Bolton in November 2013 and last updated 28 November 2013.