| / | ( | ) | - | z | x | e | v | ? | ! | ... | fl | ffl | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| $ | b | c | d | i | s | p | w | fi | ffi | 8 | 9 | 0 | £ | ' | ' | & | ||||||||
| ff | thin | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | ||||||||||||||||
| hair | l | m | n | h | o | mid | , | f | g | en | em | |||||||||||||
| j | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | |||||||||||||||||
| k | y | u | t | thicks | a | r | ; | : | quads | P | Q | R | S | T | V | W | ||||||||
| q | . | - | X | Y | Z | . | , | U | J | |||||||||||||||
This layout is given by Lindley: Appendix 1: Case Lays in Lindley & Maggs: Basic Printing - Letterpress for the Beginner (1968, reprinted 1970, and also 1980 rev ed, reprinted 1983) as the standard English lay. However, it omits AE and OE, has v where Southward, and London put mids, transposes w and g, puts q where tradition from Moxon onwards puts x, puts k where tradition puts z, and duplicates . and ,
The case measures 32½ x 14¼ ins. Note that the diagram is not quite correct, as the j box should be the same size as the hair box. The basic box configuration is the Improved Double of Caslon 1897, Stephenson, Blake & Co 1922, Harrild 1970, Horsfall 1978, etc.
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