10 (or might be lower?) | early style composition moulds, and display moulds for the composition caster indicated by the prefix S |
20000 | improved pattern composition moulds |
22000 | new style composition moulds and quad & space moulds 1-36pt for the composition caster and dual type 4½ and 9pt moulds and split fraction moulds 8-12pt |
72000 | 14-36pt display moulds for the super caster |
74000 and 75000 | 42-72pt display moulds for the super caster |
76300 | 4-18pt lead and rule moulds for the super caster |
77000 | 1-3pt lead and rule moulds for the super caster |
78000 | 24-72pt furniture moulds for the super caster |
90000 | lead and rule moulds for type & rule caster, or composition caster with attachment |
100000 | constant height composition moulds (and when old style moulds were converted to constant height they had 100000 added to their number) |
300000 | high speed composition moulds |
400000 | 0.030 drive American high speed composition moulds |
A suffix ES indicated an exchange scheme mould | |
The prefixes A and B, and suffix E, which have been encountered, have still to be identified |
Constant height composition moulds, 5pt to 14pt (separate moulds) (and see notes 1 and 5 below) | |
Display mould with insets for 14pt, 18pt, 24pt, 30pt, 36pt, for type and rule caster, or composition caster with display attachments (and see note 2 below) | |
Dual type mould, 4½pt and 9pt. | |
Duplex mould, 14pt, 16pt and 18pt. | |
Large type composition mould, 14pt to 24pt (clarified as insets for 14pt, 16pt, 18pt, 24pt) | |
Lead and rule mould, 1½pt to 12pt, for the composition or type and rule caster | |
Quad and space mould, 1pt to 36pt setwise, in any body size from 5pt to 14pt, for the composition or type and rule caster (and see note 3) | |
Short lead and rule mould, 1½pt to 3pt insets, and any length from 2pt to 36pt, for the composition or type and rule caster | |
Split fraction mould, 8pt to 12pt, and insets for 4, 4½, 5, 5½, 6pt set widths, for the composition or type and rule caster | |
Super caster display mould, 14pt to 36pt (clarified as insets for 14pt, 18pt, 24pt, 30pt, 36pt). Also insets for quads and spaces. (and see note 4) | |
Super caster display mould, 42pt to 72pt (clarified as insets for 42pt, 48pt, 60pt, 72pt). Also insets for quads and spaces, and 48, 60, 72pt low space and hollow quotation insets, and 72x72pt and 72x36pt wooden-cored quotations | |
Super caster furniture mould, with insets for 24pt, 36pt, 48pt, 60pt, 72pt. In addition, stereo supports in 24pt, 36pt, 48pt, and full-face rules in 18pt, and two-piece type high furniture in 36, 48, 60, 72pt | |
Super caster lead and rule mould, 1pt to 3pt, any length up to 25" | |
Super caster lead and rule mould, 4pt to 18pt, and dashes from 9 to 16 picas | |
Triplex mould, 24D | |
Palace Script mould, 14pt to 42pt (clarified as separate moulds, 14pt, 18pt, 24pt, 36pt, 42pt) | |
Note 1: | the composition and super caster were advertised as casting from 4½pt upwards. The earlier |
Note 2: | the Book of Information notes that for casting 14D and 18D Univers on Anglo-American bodies, 16pt and 20pt (or 22pt) moulds are needed. The earlier Book of Information includes a 16pt inset |
Note 3: | The |
Note 4: | The |
Note 5: | The Book of Information of 1950 does not list the moulds, but does show composition type point sizes as 4¼pt, 5pt, 5½pt, 6pt, 6½pt, 7pt, 7½pt, 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 13pt, 13½pt, 14pt. The 4¼pt relates to series 26, 327 and 362 but in the |
This page was written by David Bolton in 2016 and last updated 4 August 2016.