Empty Scottish Improved Double Case

This case construction is that in use in the Glasgow School of Art in 2005, following a case lay used at Bell and Bain in the late 1950s. The case is improved in that it is constructed with five rows for the upper case section, four rows being larger than the fifth (top) row, allowing more room for the capital letters. The School has an alternative Double with six upper case rows. Other versions elsewhere are the five row Scottish Improved Double. illustrated by Stephenson, Blake & Co.: Printing Material & Machinery (1922), and Caslon: Printing Materials (1925), where it is the bottom row in the upper case section that is the small row.

The case lay is Improved Double case.

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This page was written in 2001 by David Bolton and last updated 10 April 2025, with the attribution of the case and the position of the small row in the upper case section corrected to being at the top, not the bottom.