Hebrew Cases

Upper Case A full-size Hebrew Cap Case (using a standard Upper case) made by Hamilton as illustrated in American Type Founders Specimen 1923 and holding the letters with masoretic points (nb there are no capital letters in Hebrew).

There are variants in the construction of such a case, and indeed in that of ordinary Upper cases, and there are also variants in the distribution (lay) of the Hebrew characters, see eg Southward.
Note that an Upper case is normally paired with its companion Lower case, and shelved one above the other in the frame. See the links below for other case styles.

Lower Case A full-size Hebrew Lower Case (using a standard U.S. Lower case) made by Hamilton as illustrated in American Type Founders Specimen 1923 and holding the normal Hebrew characters, plus loose points and spacing.

There are many variations in both the construction of ordinary Lower cases, and the layout of the Hebrew characters in the case, eg Southward's of 1887.



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ie with the boxes left blank
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This page was written in 1998 by David Bolton and last updated 30 January 98.