| ç | e, | k | w | e | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| & | b | c | d | s | | | f | g | h | 9 | 0 | |||
| ae | oe | ||||||||||||
| ct | l | m | n | i | o | p | q | ||i | ffi | ; | : | ||
| z | |i | fi | dem | cad | |||||||||
| y | v | u | t | espaces | a | r | . | , | cadrats | ||||
| x | |||||||||||||
This French lay is given by Fertel: La Science Practique de l'Imprimerie (1723, reprinted Gregg 1971). The companion Upper case lay is Casse Superieure. Note that j is in the Upper, but the figures are in the Lower. Fertel shows a different Lower, for Longues et Breves, which thus has a few more divided boxes. However, Diderot's case of 1751 has the same number of boxes (54), but the y and x box become one, for x, and the w box becomes divided, for - and ' (which Fertel has in the Upper).
The box with e, is for e hook. The | is a long s. The dem are demi cadratins and cad are cadratins. The empty case configuration is Fertel.
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