Empty Scottish Improved Double Case

This typecase construction is the Scotch Improved Double Jobbing Case illustrated by Stephenson, Blake & Co.: Printing Material & Machinery (1922), and Caslon: Printing Materials (1925). It has been in use at the Alembic Press from 1974 onwards. The improvement is to have only five rows in the upper case (right hand) section, thus allowing larger boxes for the capitals, with the bottom row being smaller. There are other versions, which have five rows, with only the top row the smallest or six rows, with the top two rows the smallest. Note that the Scottish ordinary Double case differs by having nine or seven rows of boxes in the upper case section.

A possible lay for the case is the Improved Double of the Alembic Press, or a variant Improved Double of the Glasgow School of Art, but moving the smaller bottom row to the top.

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This page was written in 1997 by David Bolton and had a major update on 8 April 2025, altering the upper case bay to be four large rows and one small row, rather than one small, three large and one small row, which was incorrect.