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AEOEÇQ098     V/R/¦
1234567 AEOEÇQ§[ ]*
A,E,C´ÉN´ÓS´ A,E,C´ÉN´ÓS´
WXYZZ·Z´L- WXYZZ·Z´L-
OPRSTUV OPRSTUV
HIJKLMN HIJKLMN
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This Polish layout is shown by Lefevre: Guide Pratique du Compositeur d'Imprimerie (1880), and the companion Lower is Lefevre. Ç Q AE and OE are not used in Polish, but included by Lefevre in the lay for the occasional words in French or Latin. Lefevre suggested the empty boxes be used for the various superiors that may be required. As these were rarely cast (in France), he recommended substituting the superiors with suitable characters from a fount of a much smaller size.

The boxes with A,B, etc are for small caps. Those with A, etc. represent letters with an ogonek (not cedilla as shown), and S´ etc. are letters with an acute. Z· represents Z with a dot above, and L- is a barred L. The box with V/ and R/ are for Versicle and Response and with ¦ is for a single dagger.

The empty case configuration is the traditional Upper of Moxon (1683), Diderot (1751), Smith (1755), Luckombe (1771), Stower (1808), Savage (1841), Mackellar (1870), Southward (1887), Barnhart Bros & Spindler's News (1890s), Stephenson Blake & Co (1922), etc.

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This page was written in 2006 by David Bolton and last updated 8 March 2006.