| fl | ff | fi | _ | ( ) | ; | e | y | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| & | b | c | d | i | s | f | g | 7 | 8 | |||||
| ' | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| j | l | m | n | h | o | thn | p | , | w | en | em | |||
| k | ||||||||||||||
| z | v | u | t | thick | a | r | q | : | quads | |||||
| x | . | - | ||||||||||||
This English lay is that given in Southward: Practical Printing (1882 and 5th ed 1900), as the improved lay used by some provincial newspapers. The Provincial News lay is the companion Upper. Note the position of y in the Lower case, where most lays put spacing.
Some other Lower case lays given by Southward are an Old lay, an Improved lay, a Times Office lay, and an American lay.
The empty case configuration is shown as Lower case.
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