Quantities in a Typecase

The following shows the approximate amount of each character of 11pt that can be stored in a French Lower case of type. Figures are as given by T.Lefevre, Guide Practique du Compositeur d'Imprimerie (Paris, 1880), and are only for the most commonly used characters (and thus do not show w, but do show é). For information about the quantities for English in English/U.S. cases, see a separate page.

Lower Case
 
 		    300   
é		             1100   
e		                    
 250
b		700
c		600
d		750
s		 400
f		250
g		250
h		 
 		 
 
 		 
125
z		450
l		350
m		600
n		900
i		625
o		250
p		250
q		  100
k		 
120
y		    
 
250
x
 		300
v		600
u		800
t		 700
a		725
r		   

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This page was written by David Bolton and last updated 17 June 2005.