All the cases listed below are distinguished by being divided into two bays. Whilst most of the cases are for storing upper case characters (majuscules), the same pattern of case is sometimes adopted for music, spacing, etc. The link on each line 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. The dates shown are that of the first occurance so far encountered. The case may have existed earlier, and nearly always will have continued later. Thus that shown by Moxon in 1683 is still encountered in 2015.
Note that some other two bay cases are listed separately as Lower and Other.
| The number of rows in a case is shown below as follows: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7 | there are 7 rows | |
| 4 (or7) | the basic construction is 4 rows, but in some of those rows a few boxes are sub-divided horizontally, making 7 rows overall | |
| The number of boxes per row is shown as follows | ||
| 7+7 | 7 boxes either side of a central partition. If the partition is offset to one side, this is stated (the effect being to make one set of boxes wider than the other) | |
| 7+14 | 7 boxes one side and 7 boxes subdivided vertically (thus 14 boxes) the other side of the central partition | |
| 5+5+5+5 | 5 boxes, partition, 5 boxes, partition, 5 boxes, partition, 5 boxes | |
| (4or5)+(4or5) | 4 or sometimes 5 boxes either side of a central partition. That is, some of the 4 boxes are subdivided vertically | |
| (7or4or5)+(3or1or2)+(8or7or6or5) | 7 boxes, a partition, 3 boxes, a partition, 8 boxes with some of the boxes twice or three times the width of the others | |
| Empty Cases | Rows | Boxes per row | Total boxes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 rows in a case | |||
| Greek 1st & 2nd Upper Case (Fertel 1723) | 9 | 6+6 | 108 |
| Gem Music Outer Case (Stevens 1930) | 9 | 14+14 | 226 |
| 8 rows in a case | |||
| Greek 2nd Lower Case (Fertel 1723) | 8 | 6+6 | 98 |
| Sindhi Lower Case (Sind 1999) | 8 | 8+8 | 117 |
| Hieroglyphic 2nd Case (Legros & Grant 1916) | 8 | 9+9 | 144 |
| Nagari Upper Case (Gujarati Type Foundry 1928) | 8 | 8+8 | 128 |
| Chinese Case (Universal Type & Accessory Co. c.1983) | 8 | 18+18 | 288 |
| Arabic Upper Case (St.Bride 2006, ex OUP 1980s) | 8 | (14or8or7)+(14or9or11) | 186 |
| 7 rows in a case | |||
| Upper Case (Moxon 1683) | 7 | 7+7 | 98 |
| French Upper Case (Castillon 1783) | 7 | 8+8 | 112 |
| Greek Upper Case (Stower 1808) | 7 | (7or14)+14 | 161 |
| Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824) | 7 | (12or14or7or9)+(14or7or9) | 142 |
| Greek Upper Case (Johnson 1824) | 7 | (7or14)+14 | 161 |
| Stanhope Upper Case (Johnson 1824) | 7 | 7+(7or6) | 95 |
| Belgian French Upper Case (Dumont 1894) | 7 | (7or8)+(7or8or10or12) | 108 |
| Music Upper Case (Southward 1898) | 7 | 10+10 | 139 |
| Malayan Lower Case (Figgins/Stevens c1907) | 7 | 8+8 | 73 |
| French Upper Case (Muller c1910) | 7 | 7+(7or13) | 104 |
| News Cap Case (Henry 1917) | 7 | 7+7 top 3 and bottom row boxes are smaller than the middle 3 rows | 98 |
| Improved Upper Case (SB&Co 1922) | 7 | 7+7 partition offset left | 98 |
| Greek Caps Case (ATF 1923) | 7 | 7+14 | 147 |
| 6 rows in a case | |||
| Superieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723) | 6 | 7+7 | 84 |
| Spanish Caxa Alta (Sigüenza y Vera 1811) | 6 | 8+8 | 96 |
| Dutch Bovenkas No.1 (Zweijgardt 1822) | 6 | (14or7or9)+(7or11or10or9) | 111 |
| Dutch Bovenkas No.2 (Zweijgardt 1822) | 6 | (14or7)+(7or11or10or9) | 107 |
| Maori Upper Case (Colenso 1835) | 6 | 6+6 | 72 |
| Nederduitsche Bovenkas (van Cleef 1844) | 6 | (14or7or9)+(7or11or9or8) | 108 |
| Rooker Upper Case (Ringwalt 1871) | 6 | 7+7 partition offset left | 84 |
| Klein Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 6 | (14or7or8)+(7or14or12) | 111 |
| Hoogen Tekst Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 6 | (14or7or8)+(7or11or10or14or12) | 118 |
| Laagen Tekst Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 6 | (14or7)+(7or8or9or12or11) | 110 |
| Middelbaar Canon Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 6 | (14or7)+(7or14or12) | 110 |
| Script Upper Case (Lefèvre 1880) | 6 | 5+5 | 60 |
| Titling Case (M&R and Caslon 1897) | 6 | (2or4)+(3or4or6)+(2or4) | 59 |
| Music Lower Case (Southward 1898) | 6 | 8+8 | 72 |
| Improved Jobbing Upper Case (Southward 1900) | 6 | 7or14 | 46 |
| Wells Two Fount (Job) Case (ATF 1900) | 6 | (10or9or7or6)+(10or9or7or6) Top 2 rows and bottom row smaller than middle 3 | 92 |
| Dutch Upper Case (Ronner 1915) | 6 | (14or7)+(7or11or9or8) | 105 |
| Plantin Upper Case (Gaskell 1969) | 6 | (14or7)+7 | 98 |
| Italian Upper Case (viewed in Venice 1999) | 6 | (14or7)+(7or10or8) | 103 |
| 5 rows in a case | |||
| Jobbing Upper Case (M&R 1897) | 5 | (2or4)+(3or6)+(2or4) | 42 |
| Arabic, Hindustani, Malayan, Persian Upper Case (Figgins/Stevens c1907) | 5 | 7+7 | 70 |
| Jobbing Upper Case (SB&Co 1922) | 5 | (4or2)+(6or3)+(4or2) | 49 |
| 4 rows in a case | |||
| Fount Upper Case (Stower 1808) | 4 | (4or5)+(4or5) | 36 |
| Italian Upper Case (Pozzoli 1882) | 4 (or7) | 8+8 | 76 |
| Space & Quad Case (Palmer & Rey 1892) | 4 | 8+8 | 48 |
| Italian Upper Case (Lockwood 1894) | 4 (or7) | 8+8 | 71 |
| Improved Upper case (Ullmer 1902) | 4 | 7+7 top 2 rows smaller than bottom two rows | 56 |
| Cassa Alta (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937) | 4 | (7or8)+(7or8) | 58 |
| 3 rows in a case | |||
| Kapitalen Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus Museum pre 1876) | 3 (or4) | 6+4 | 33 |
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