Links to a variety of full-size lower cases are listed below, in order of the total number of boxes in the case. The dates shown are either when published or when viewed, and therefore are not necessarily the earliest appearance of the case. A link takes you to a descriptive page that shows the actual box layout, the various sources that illustrate the case, and usually a link to the appropriate layout of the type in the case.
Generally, the cases have one central partition, and stated below are the number of boxes either side of that partition, plus the total number of boxes.
Empty Lower Cases | Boxes on left | Boxes on right | Total boxes |
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Sindhi Lower Case (Sind 1999) | 53 | 64 | 117 |
†This Music case has another 27 boxes in a central section, and so is possibly better considered a Double case | |||
Nagari Lower Case (Gujarati Type Foundry 1928) | 48 | 51 | 99 |
Greek 2nd Lower Case (Fertel 1723) | 52 | 46 | 98 |
Hindi Lower Case (Sind 1999) | 34 | 41 | 75 |
Malayan Lower Case (Figgins/Stevens c1907) | 36 | 37 | 73 |
Music Lower Case (Southward 1898) | 36 | 36 | 72 |
Cassa Bassa (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937) | 29 | 37 | 66 |
"Jerusalem" Common Case (Jerusalem 1997) | 33 | 30 | 63 |
Inferieure Breves (Fertel 1723) | 26 | 35 | 61 |
Greek Lower Case (Van Winkle 1818) | 31 | 30 | 61 |
Hebrew Lower (Common) Case (MacKellar 1870) | 31 | 30 | 61 |
California Lower Case (Ringwalt 1871) | 27 | 31 | 58 |
Hamilton Boss Lower Case (BB&S 1890s) | 28 | 30 | 58 |
French Lower Case (Lefèvre 1838) | 23 | 34 | 57 |
Polish Lower Case (Lefèvre 1880) | 23 | 34 | 57 |
U.S. German Lower Case (BB&S 1890s) | 25 | 32 | 57 |
Boston Spanish Lower Case (Lockwood 1894) | 24 | 33 | 57 |
German Lower Case (De Vinne 1904) | 25 | 32 | 57 |
Lower Case (Moxon 1683) | 24 | 32 | 56 |
Hebrew Lower Case (van Winkle 1818) | 26 | 30 | 56 |
German Lower Case (Southward 1892) | 25 | 31 | 56 |
German Lower Case (Lockwood 1894) | 25 | 31 | 56 |
Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
Queen's Printing Office Hebrew Lower Case (Savage 1841) | 25 | 30 | 55 |
German Lower Case (MacKellar 1866) | 24 | 31 | 55 |
Perfection Lower Case (Inland Printer 1898) | 55 | ||
The above case may have no partitions, or may have three, the image is not clear | |||
Inferieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723) | 21 | 33 | 54 |
French Lower Case (Diderot 1751-80) | 21 | 33 | 54 |
Lower Case (Smith 1755) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
Alternative Lower Case (Smith 1755) | 23 | 31 | 54 |
French Lower Case (Castillon 1783) | 21 | 33 | 54 |
U.S. Lower Case (Van Winkle 1818) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
Hebrew Lower Case (Johnson 1824) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
Adams Lower Case (Adams 1844) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
New Lower Case (MacKellar 1866) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
Rooker Lower Case (Ringwalt 1871) | 24 | 30 | 54 |
Italian Lower Case (Pozzoli 1882) | 26 | 28 | 54 |
Oakley's patent Lower Case (1893) | 21§ | 23 | 54 |
§This case has another 10 boxes in a central section, and so has more than one partition | |||
Hazard's Lower Case (Stower 1808) | 23 | 30 | 53 |
Lower Case (Johnson 1824) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
Scottish Lower Case (Savage 1841) | 21 | 32 | 53 |
Hoogen Tekst Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
Kapitalen Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 22 | 31 | 53 |
Laagen Tekst Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
Middelbaar Canon Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
Scottish Lower Case (Chambers 1891) | 21 | 32 | 53 |
Dictionary Lower Case (De Vinne 1904) | 23 | 30 | 53 |
No.3 Lower Case (Stower 1808) | 23 | 29 | 52 |
Greek Lower Case (Johnson 1824) | 26 | 26 | 52 |
Klein Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 23 | 29 | 52 |
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 21 | 31 | 52 |
English Lower Case (Lockwood 1894) | 24 | 28 | 52 |
New Lower Case (Jacobi 1913) | 36 | 16 | 52 |
Greek Lower Case (Smith 1755) | 23 | 28 | 51 |
Old Greek Lower Case (Savage 1841) | 25 | 26 | 51 |
Klein Canon Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 20 | 31 | 51 |
Oxford Univ Press Lower Case (OUP 1934) | 22 | 28 | 50 |
Greek Lower Case (Gould 1876) | 22 | 25 | 47 |
New Greek Lower Case (Savage 1841) | 22 | 24 | 46 |
Greek Lower Case (Southward 1882) | 21 | 25 | 46 |
Caxa Baxa (de Paredes 1680s) | 18 | 27 | 45 |
Greek Lower Case (Stower 1808) | 21 | 24 | 45 |
Greek 1st Lower Case (Fertel 1723) | 22 | 22 | 44 |
Dutch Onderkas No.1 (Zweijgardt 1822) | 20 | 24 | 44 |
Greek Lower Case (MacKellar 1870) | 20 | 24 | 44 |
Dutch Onderkas No.2 (Zweijgardt 1822) | 19 | 24 | 43 |
Stanhope Lower Case (Johnson 1824) | 21 | 22 | 43 |
Greek Lower Case (Hansard 1825) | 19 | 24 | 43 |
Greek Lower Case (Figgins c1907) | 20 | 23 | 43 |
Fount Lower Case (Smith 1755) | 20 | 22 | 42 |
Spanish Caxa Baxa (Sigüenza y Vera 1811) | 16 | 25 | 41 |
No.2 Lower Case (Stower 1808) | 17 | 23 | 40 |
Hebrew Common Case (van Winkle 1818) | 16 | 24 | 40 |
Maori Lower Case (Colenso 1835) | 16 | 22 | 38 |
Fount Lower Case (Stower 1808) | 15 | 22 | 37 |
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