Typecase Lay Selection

Cases with the lay of the type shown, ie with characters attributed to the boxes.
Upper	Lower	Double	Job	Single	Two Third	Figure
Others (eg Triple, Quadruple, Fount, Music, Junior, Half, etc.)
Australian	Belgian	Czech	Danish	Dutch	Egyptian	English
French	German	Greek	Hebrew	Irish	Indian	Italian
Maori	New Zealand	Norwegian	Polish	Portuguese	Russian	Scottish
Spanish	Swedish	Swiss	U.S.	Vietnamese
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Please note that at present some of the lay diagrams do not display quite correctly, as they were composed in an earlier release of HTML. The case edges may now show small boxes within the sides, and these should be ignored. The diagrams will be corrected in due course.

Type lays (listed in chronological order)

Note that the dates are those of the source used. In some case, eg MacKellar, Southward, there are earlier editions, which have not yet been consulted. Similarly, layouts observed in Museums, Presses, etc will have been in use some time before the date of observation, and in the case of Presses, also may be for some time after.

Caxton's Case (1480 by Blades 1877)
Roman Single Case (Wolffger 1673)
Fraktur Single Case (Wolffger 1673)
Roman Single Case (Vietor & Redinger 1679)
'Moxon' Lower Case (Moxon 1683)
'Moxon' Upper Case (Moxon 1683)
Caxa Alta y Baxa (de Paredes c1680)
Inferieure Breves (Fertel 1723)
Superieure Breves (Fertel 1723)
Inferieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723)
Superieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723)
'Diderot' Haut de Casse (Diderot 1751-80)
'Diderot' Bas de Casse (Diderot 1751-80)
'Smith' No.1 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.1 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.2 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.2 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.3 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.3 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' Fount Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Luckombe' Lower Case (Luckombe 1771)
'Luckombe' Upper Case (Luckombe 1771)
'Castillon' Lower Case (Castillon 1783)
'Castillon' Upper Case (Castillon 1783)
'Momoro' Upper Case (Momoro 1793)
Fount Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Fount Uppper Case (Stower 1808)
'Hazard' Lower Case (Stower 1808)
'Hazard' Upper Case (Stower 1808)
No.2 Lower Case (Stower 1808)
No.2 Upper Case (Stower 1808)
No.3 Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Caxa Alta (Sigüenza y Vera 1811)
Caxa Baxa (Sigüenza y Vera 1811)
U.S. Lower Case (Van Winkle 1818)
U.S. Upper Case (Van Winkle 1818)
No.1 Bovenkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
No.1 Onderkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
No.2 Bovenkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
No.2 Onderkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
'Johnson' New Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' New Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
'Stanhope' Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
'Stanhope' Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
Hansard Lower Case (Hansard 1825)
Hansard Upper Case (Hansard 1825)
Maori Upper Case (Colenso 1835)
Maori Lower Case (Colenso 1835)
French Lower Case (Lefèvre 1838)
(Proposed) French Upper Case (Lefèvre 1838)
French Upper Case (Lefèvre 1838)
Bookwork Lower Case (Timperley 1838)
Bookwork Upper Case (Timperley 1838)
New Lower Case (Timperley 1838)
New Upper Case (Timperley 1838)
'Savage' New Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' New Upper Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' Dublin Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' Edinburgh Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' Edinburgh Upper Case (Savage 1841)
German Latin Case (Savage 1841)
Greek Upper and Lower Cases (Savage 1841)
Adams Lower Case (Adams 1844)
Adams Upper Case (Adams 1844)
Nederduitsche Bovenkas (van Cleef 1844)
Nederduitsche Onderkas (van Cleef 1844)
'Tomlinson' Lower Case (Tomlinson 1853 - as Savage but with minor changes)
'Tomlinson' Upper Case (Tomlinson 1853 - and minor change by Southward)
U.S Upper Case (Adams 1854, McPharlin 1942)
Veloso's Portuguese Single Case (1858 in da Silva 1962)
American Upper Case (MacKellar 1866)
'MacKellar' U.S. Lower Case (MacKellar 1866, Southward 1887)
'MacKellar' New Lower Case (MacKellar 1866)
California Lower Case (Ringwalt 1871)
French Combination Case (Ringwalt 1871 and Southward 1882)
Jobbing Half Lower Case (Southward 1872)
Jobbing Half Upper Case (Southward 1872)
English Improved Jobbing Case (Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882)
Hoogen Tekst Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Hoogen Tekst Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Lower Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Upper Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Middelbaar Canon Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Middelbaar Canon Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Castro's Portuguese Single Case (dated 1876 in da Silva 1962)
Gould's Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Gould's Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Greek Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Greek Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Hebrew Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Hebrew Upper Case (Gould 1876)
U.S. Lower Case (Curtis & Mitchell 1878)
U.S. Upper Case (Curtis & Mitchell 1878)
Bas de Casse (Lefevre 1880)
Haut de Casse (Lefevre 1880)
Polish Lower Case (Lefevre 1880)
Polish Upper Case (Lefevre 1880)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Mackie Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Mackie Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Provincial News Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Provincial News Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Spurrell Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Spurrell Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Times Office Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Times Office Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Two Fount News Lower Case (Southward 1882)
U.S. Lower Case (Southward 1882, BBS 1893)
Italian Lower Case (Pozzoli 1882)
Italian Upper Case (Pozzoli 1882)
German Lower Case (MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913)
German Upper Case (MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913)
'Southward' Old Lower Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Old Upper Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Improved Lower Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Improved Upper Case (Southward 1887)
Scottish Lower Case (Chambers 1891)
Scottish Upper Case (Chambers 1891)
'Oldfield' Lower Case (Oldfield 1892, Southward 1898, Tarr 1945, etc)
'Oldfield' Upper Case (Oldfield 1892)
Palmer & Rey's Lower Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Palmer & Rey's Cap Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
California Job Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
California Two Third Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Excelsior Improved Case (Kelsey 1892)
La Casse Raçon (Audin 1929 for 1892)
U.S. Upper Case (BBS 1893)
Boss News Lower Case (BBS 1893)
Space and Quad case (Cleveland 1893)
English Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
18th Century French Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
18th Century French Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Old Century French Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Old Century French Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Lockwood's American Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
German Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Italian Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Italian Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Russian Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Boston Spanish Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Boston Spanish Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Spanish Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Caja Normal (Lockwood 1894, Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Belgian French Lower Case (Dumont 1894, 1915)
Belgian French Upper Case (Dumont 1894, 1915)
Dearing Accent Case (ATF 1896, Hamilton 1932)
Jumbo (Dearing) Job Case (ATF 1896)
Improved New York Job Case (ATF 1896)
Two Third Space and Quad case (ATF 1896)
Improved Double Case (Caslon 1897)
Jobbing (Titling) Case (Caslon 1897)
Italic Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
California Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Two-Third Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Wisconsin Combination Quarter Cases (ATF 1897)
Old Lower Case (Southward 1898)
Old Upper Case (Southward 1898)
Modern Upper Case (Southward 1898, Tarr 1945)
Clapp's Success Case (The Printer and Bookmaker 1898)
Perfection Case (The Inland Printer 1898)
Improved Jobbing Upper Case (Southward 1900)
Wells Two Fount Case (ATF 1900)
Caslon Figure Case (Southward 1904)
Hamilton Lower Case (De Vinne 1904, ATF 1906)
(Italic) Job Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Accent Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Italic Accent Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Figure Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Triple Case (De Vinne 1904)
Dictionary Lower Case (De Vinne 1904)
Hamilton Cap Case (ATF 1906)
New York Job Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Three Quarter California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Dearing Accent Case (ATF 1906)
Dearing Job Case (ATF 1906)
Double Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Figure Case (ATF 1906)
Hamilton Job Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Job Case (ATF 1906)
Paterson Job Case (ATF 1906)
Triple Case (ATF 1906)
Two Rivers Cap Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (from full-size ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Quadruple Case (ATF 1906)
Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Carpenter Quarter Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Space & Quad Case (ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907)
Practical Space & Quad Case (ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907)
Monotype Correcting Case (Hamilton 1907)
Time Table Quarter Case (Hamilton 1907)
Byerly Figure Case (Hamilton 1907)
Auxiliary Figure Case (Hamilton 1907)
Half Cap Case (Hamilton 1907)
French Lower Case (Muller c1910)
French Upper Case (Muller c1910)
French Single (Parisienne) Case (Muller c1910)
French Single (Rationnelle) Case (Muller c1910)
Improved Type Case (Sigwalt c1910)
Book Lower Case (Jacobi 1913) (almost News Case below)
News Lower Case (Jacobi 1913)
News Upper Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Upper Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Lower Case (Jacobi 1913, Caslon 1925)
Dutch Bovenkast (Ronner 1915)
Dutch Onderkast (Ronner 1915)
Schultz's Danish Single case 1915 (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2015)
French Lower Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
French Upper Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
German Fraktur Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Hieroglyphics Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Russian Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Hamilton News Cap Case (Henry 1917)
California Job Case (Henry 1917)
German Antiqua Case (Bauer 1917)
German Antiqua mit Kapitalschen Case (Bauer 1917)
German Fraktur Case (Bauer 1920)
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton 1922)
Hamilton Triple Case (Hamilton 1922)
Wells Job Case (Hamilton 1922)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Case (ATF 1923)
Caslon New Double Case (Caslon 1925)
Caslon New Upper Case (Caslon 1925)
Improved Half Case (Caslon 1925)
Austrian Latin with Accents Case (Niel 1925)
Austrian Latin with Small Caps Case (Niel 1925)
Austrian Fraktur Case (Niel 1925)
Czech Single Case (Špalek 1925)
U.S. California Job Case (Polk 1926)
Heading Case (Gujarati 1928)
Two Third Italic Job Case (Gujarati 1928)
Caja Normal (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja Reformada (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja de Versalitas (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Casse Deberney (Audin 1929)
Casse Générale de Comet (Audin 1929)
Casse Générale de Gauthier (Audin 1929)
Casse Lyonnaise (Audin 1929)
La Parisienne (Audin 1929)
Music Outer Case (R.H.Stevens c1930)
Music Upper Case (R.H.Stevens c1930)
Music Lower Case (R.H.Stevens c1930)
London Double Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
London Lower Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
London Upper Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
Combination Quarter Case (Atkins 1932)
California Job Case (Hamilton c1932)
Hamilton Quadruple Case (Hamilton c1932)
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton c1932)
Quarter Caps/Accents Cases (Hamilton c1932)
Caja Española (Morato 1933)
Spanish Greek Case (Fábregues y Saavedra 1933)
OUP Lower Case (OUP 1934)
OUP Upper Case (OUP 1934)
Adana Double Case (Aspinall 1936)
Layout No.2 (Adana 1934)
Layout No.3 (Adana 1934)
Combined Layout (Adana 1934)
Cassa Bassa (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937)
Cassa Alta (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937)
Swedish Normalkast (as in use in Sweden 1940s)
Spanish Single Case (Sicluna 1945)
New Norcia Lower Case (New Norcia c.1945, and 2012)
New Norcia Double Case (New Norcia c.1945, and 2012)
New Norcia Upper Case (New Norcia c.1945 and 2014)
English California Job Case (Whetton 1946)
Dutch Letterkast (Hostettler 1949, 1963, Avalon Pers 1997)
German Fraktur Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
French Single Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
German Latin Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Italian Single Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Italian Single Case (Enciclopedia Italiana 1949)
Gaelic (Irish) Double Case (Cummins 1952)
Czech Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
Czech Russian Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
Modern U.S. California Job Case (Polk & Gage 1953)
California Job Case (Pickering 1955)
Improved Double Case (Pickering 1955)
Lower Case (Pickering 1955)
Upper Case (Pickering 1955)
German Nagra-Einteilung fur Antiqua (Kollecher & Matuschke 1956, Druckladen 1997, 2003)
Shepherd's Double Case (Shepherd 1958)
Modern Upper Case (Wallis 1959)
Modern Lower Case (Wallis 1959)
Modern Double Case (Wallis 1959)
Two Third California Job Case (Missouri-Central 1959)
Australian California Job Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Australian Lower Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Australian Upper Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Czech Single Case (Bláha 1963)
German Fraktur Case (Genzmer 1961)
Old Portuguese Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Veloso's Portuguese Single Case (1858 in da Silva 1962)
Portuguese French Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Fancy Caps case (da Silva 1962)
Figure case (da Silva 1962)
Small Caps case (da Silva 1962)
Stephenson Blake Double Case (Millington 1963)
Two Third Job Case (Lieberman 1963)
Hamilton Double Cap Case (Polk 1964)
Melbourne Job Case (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2019 but pre 1966)
Modello Francese (Gallavrini 1966)
Vietnamese Upper Case (Vien-Hung c.1966)
Curwen's Double Case (Curwen 1968)
Talbot's Double Case (Talbot, late 1960s)
Plantinian Lower Case (Gaskell 1969)
Plantinian Upper Case (Gaskell 1969)
Heffer's Double Case (Heffer 1970s and earlier)
Heffer's Lower Case (Heffer 1970s and earlier)
Heffer's Upper Case (Heffer 1970s and earlier)
English Double Case (Lindley & Maggs 1970)
British Printing Society Upper Case (Lindley & Maggs 1970)
Southern College of Art Double Case (1970s and earlier)
English Double Case (Improved)(as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974)
Scottish Double Case (Improved) (as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974)
Dorset House Double Case (Dorset House 1976)
Two Third New York Job Case (Long 1980)
ISPA/BPS Double Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
British Printing Society Improved Upper Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
Dramrite's Double Case (Dramrite until early 1990s)
German Antiqua Case (Drucken & Lernen 1991)
Jerusalem Latin Case (as in use in Jerusalem in 1997)
German Gebrochene Schriften (as in use in 1997, 2003)
Dutch Three Quarter Case (Atelier IT Plein 1997)
Dutch Three Quarter Case with accents (Atelier IT Plein 1997)
Duplicate Job Case (Sind 1999)
Indian Upper & Lower Case (Sind 1999)
Improved English Double Case (Camberwell 2001)
Californian Case (Camberwell 2001)
Improved Job Case (Jarrold 2001)
English Double Case (Old Clewer Steam Press 2001)
English Double Case (Reading University 2002)
Two Third English Double Case (Cockleshell Press 2002)
Commercial Ludlow Case (Green Dolphin Press 2002)
Gnowangerup Star Double Case (Gnowangerup Star 2003)
Dutch Three Quarter Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Fraktur Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Latin Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Latin Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
Swiss Parisienne Single Case (Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004)
Swiss Helvetica Single Case (Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004)
Scottish Improved Double Case (Glasgow School of Art 2005)
Scottish Double Case (Glasgow School of Art 2005)
German Antiqua case (Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006)
German Antiqua Case (Drucken & Lernen 2007)
Incline Press Double Case (Incline Press 2009)
Danish Single case (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2009)
Central Saint Martins Double Case (Hi-Artz Press 2012)
Combined Upper and Lower Case (New Norcia 2013)
Upper Case (New Norcia 2013)
Upper Case (New Norcia 2014)
Melbourne Museum of Printing Job Case (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2014)
St Bride Foundation Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2014)
New Zealand California Job Case (Cobblestones 2015)
Stellar Press Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
Central Saint Martins Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
St Bride Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
N.Z.Printing Museum Job Case (N.Z.Printing Museum 2015)
Lawrence Double Case (R. Lawrence 2015)
OUP Double Case (R. Lawrence 2015)
Casse Parisienne (Le Papeterie de Vaux 2015)
Some variations in Double Case Lays at New Norcia (New Norcia 2017)
Portuguese Single Case (USA 2019)
MMOP Hebrew Lower Cases (N.Z.Printing Museum 2021)
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 2 (Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020)
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 3 (Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020)
Norwegian Single Case (Oftedahl 2021)
Another Scottish Improved Double Jobbing Case (50 Hurst St 2025)
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English Case Lays

Caxton's Case (1480 by Blades 1877)
'Moxon' Lower Case (Moxon 1683)
'Moxon' Upper Case (Moxon 1683)
'Smith' No.1 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.1 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.2 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.2 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.3 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.3 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' Fount Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Luckombe Lower Case (Luckombe 1771)
'Luckombe' Upper Case (Luckombe 1771)
Fount Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Fount Upper Case (Stower 1808)
Hazard Lower Case (Stower 1808)
'Hazard' Upper Case (Stower 1808)
No.2 Upper Case (Stower 1808)
No.2 Lower Case (Stower 1808)
No.3 Lower Case (Stower 1808)
'Johnson' New Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' New Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
'Stanhope' Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
'Stanhope' Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
Hansard Lower Case (Hansard 1825)
Hansard Upper Case (Hansard 1825)
Bookwork Lower Case (Timperley 1838)
Bookwork Upper Case (Timperley 1838)
New Lower Case (Timperley 1838)
New Upper Case (Timperley 1838)
'Savage' New Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' New Upper Case (Savage 1841)
'Tomlinson' Lower Case (Tomlinson 1853) - minor change to Savage
Jobbing Half Lower Case (Southward 1872)
Jobbing Half Upper Case (Southward 1872)
Improved Jobbing Case (Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882)
Gould's Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Gould's Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Mackie Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Mackie Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Provincial News Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Provincial News Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Spurrell Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Spurrell Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Times Office Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Times Office Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Two Fount News Lower Case (Southward 1882)
'Southward' Old Lower Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Old Upper Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Improved Lower Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Improved Upper Case (Southward 1887)
'Oldfield' Lower Case (Oldfield 1892, Southward 1898, Tarr 1945, etc)
'Oldfield' Upper Case (Oldfield 1892)
Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Improved Double Case (Caslon 1897)
Jobbing (Titling) Case (Caslon 1897)
Old Lower Case (Southward 1898)
Old Upper Case (Southward 1898)
Modern Upper Case (Southward 1898, Tarr 1945, etc)
Improved Jobbing Upper Case (Southward 1900)
Caslon Figure Case (Southward 1904)
Book Lower Case (Jacobi 1913) (almost News as below)
News Lower Case (Jacobi 1913)
News Upper Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Upper Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Lower Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Double Case (Caslon 1925)
Caslon New Upper Case (Caslon 1925)
English California Job Case (Atkins 1932, Whetton 1946)
London Double Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins 1932)
London Lower Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
London Upper Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
Combination Quarter Case (Atkins, 1932)
OUP Lower Case (OUP 1934)
OUP Upper Case (OUP 1934)
Layout No.2 (Adana 1934)
Layout No.3 (Adana 1934)
Combined Layout (Adana 1934)
Adana Double Case (Aspinall 1936)
English California Job Case (Whetton 1946)
California Job Case (Pickering 1955)
Improved Double Case (Pickering 1955)
Lower Case (Pickering 1955)
Upper Case (Pickering 1955)
Shepherd's Double Case (Shepherd 1958)
Modern Upper Case (Wallis 1959)
Modern Lower Case (Wallis 1959)
Modern Double Case (Wallis 1959)
Stephenson Blake Double Case (Millington 1963)
Curwen's Double Case (Curwen 1968)
Talbot's Double Case (Talbot, late 1960s)
Heffer's Double Case (1970s and earlier)
Heffer's Lower Case (1970s and earlier)
Heffer's Upper Case (1970s and earlier)
Southern College of Art Double Case (1970s and earlier)
English Double Case (Improved)(as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974)
Dorset House Double Case (Dorset House 1976)
English Double Case (Lindley & Maggs 1970)
ISPA/BPS Double Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
British Printing Society Upper Case (Lindley & Maggs 1970)
British Printing Society Improved Upper Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
Dramrite's Double Case (Dramrite until early 1990s)
Duplicate Job Case (Sind 1999)
English Californian Case (Camberwell 2001)
Improved English Double Case (Camberwell 2001)
Improved Job Case (Jarrold 2001)
English Double Case (Old Clewer Steam Press 2001)
English Double Case (Reading University 2002)
Two Third English Double Case (Cockleshell Press 2002)
Incline Press Double Case (Incline Press 2009)
Central Saint Martins Double Case (Hi-Artz Press 2012)
St Bride Foundation Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2014)
Stellar Press Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
Central Saint Martins Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
St Bride Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
Lawrence Double Case (R. Lawrence 2015)
OUP Double Case (R. Lawrence 2015)
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Upper Case Lays

'Moxon' Upper Case (Moxon 1683)
Superieure Breves (Fertel 1723)
Superieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723)
French Haut de Casse (Diderot 1751-80)
'Smith' No.1 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.2 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.3 Upper Case (Smith 1755)
'Luckombe' Upper Case (Luckombe 1771)
French Upper Case (Castillon 1783)
'Momoro' Upper Case (Momoro 1793)
Fount Upper Case (Stower 1808)
'Hazard' Upper Case (Stower 1808)
No.2 Upper Case (Stower 1808)
Spanish Caxa Alta (Sigüenza y Vera 1811)
U.S. Upper Case (Van Winkle 1818)
Dutch No.1 Bovenkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
Dutch No.2 Bovenkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
'Johnson' New Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
'Stanhope' Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' Proposed Upper Case (Johnson 1824)
Hansard Upper Case (Hansard 1825)
Maori Upper Case (Colenso 1835)
(Proposed) French Upper Case (Lefèvre 1838)
French Upper Case (Lefèvre 1838)
Bookwork Upper Case (Timperley 1838)
New Upper Case (Timperley 1838)
'Savage' New Upper Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' Edinburgh Upper Case (Savage 1841)
Greek Upper and Lower Cases (Savage 1841)
Adams Upper Case (Adams 1844)
U.S Upper Case (Adams 1854, McPharlin 1942)
Nederduitsche Bovenkas (van Cleef 1844)
American Upper Case (MacKellar 1866)
Hoogen Tekst Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Upper Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Middelbaar Canon Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Gould's Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Greek Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Hebrew Upper Case (Gould 1876)
U.S. Upper Case (Curtis & Mitchell 1878)
Haut de Casse (Lefevre 1880)
Polish Upper Case (Lefevre 1880)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Mackie Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Provincial News Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Spurrell Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Times Office Upper Case (Southward 1882)
Italian Upper Case (Pozzoli 1882)
German Upper Case (MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913)
'Southward' Old Upper Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Improved Upper Case (Southward 1887)
Scottish Upper Case (Chambers 1891)
'Oldfield' Upper Case (Oldfield 1892)
Palmer & Rey's Cap Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
U.S. Upper Case (BBS 1893)
Belgian French Upper Case (Dumont 1894, 1915)
Lockwood's American Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
18th Century French Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Old Century French Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Italian Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Boston Spanish Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Old Upper Case (Southward 1898)
Modern Upper Case (Southward 1898, Tarr 1945)
Improved Jobbing Upper Case (Southward 1900)
Wells Two Fount Case (ATF 1900)
Hamilton Cap Case (ATF 1906)
Hamilton Job Case (ATF 1906)
Quadruple Case (ATF 1906)
Triple Case (ATF 1906)
Two Rivers Cap Case (ATF 1906)
French Upper Case (Muller c1910)
News Upper Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Upper Case (Jacobi 1913)
Dutch Bovenkast (Ronner 1915)
French Upper Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Hamilton News Cap Case (Henry 1917)
Hamilton Triple Case (Hamilton 1922)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Case (ATF 1923)
Caslon New Upper Case (Caslon 1925)
Heading Case (Gujarati 1928)
Casse Lyonnaise (Audin 1929)
Hamilton Quadruple Case (Hamilton 1932)
London Upper Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
OUP Upper Case (OUP 1934)
Cassa Alta (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937)
Upper Case (Pickering 1955)
Modern Upper Case (Wallis 1959)
Australian Upper Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Hamilton Double Cap Case (Polk 1964)
Vietnamese Upper Case (Vien-Hung c.1966)
Plantinian Upper Case (Gaskell 1969)
Heffer's Upper Case (1970s and earlier)
British Printing Society Upper Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
British Printing Society Improved Upper Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
Indian Upper & Lower Case (Sind 1999)
Upper Case (New Norcia 2013)
Upper Case (New Norcia 2014)
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Lower Case Lays

'Moxon' Lower Case (Moxon 1683)
Inferieure Breves (Fertel 1723)
Inferieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723)
French Bas de Casse (Diderot 1751-80)
'Smith' No.1 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.2 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' No.3 Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Smith' Fount Lower Case (Smith 1755)
'Luckombe' Lower Case (Luckombe 1771)
French Lower Case (Castillon 1783)
No.2 Lower Case (Stower 1808)
No.3 Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Hazard Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Fount Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Spanish Caxa Baxa (Sigüenza y Vera 1811)
U.S. Lower Case (Van Winkle 1818)
Dutch No.1 Onderkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
Dutch No.2 Onderkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
'Johnson' New Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Stanhope' Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
'Johnson' Proposed Lower Case (Johnson 1824)
Hansard Lower Case (Hansard 1825)
Maori Lower Case (Colenso 1835)
French Lower Case (Lefèvre 1838)
Bookwork Lower Case (Timperley 1838)
New Lower Case (Timperley 1838)
'Savage' Dublin Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' Edinburgh Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' New Lower Case (Savage 1841)
Greek Upper and Lower Cases (Savage 1841)
Adams Lower Case (Adams 1844)
Nederduitsche Onderkas (van Cleef 1844)
'Tomlinson' Lower Case (Tomlinson 1853) - minor change to Savage
'MacKellar' Proposed Lower Case (MacKellar 1866)
MacKellar's U.S. Lower Case (MacKellar 1866, Southward 1882)
California Lower Case (Ringwalt 1871)
Hoogen Tekst Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Lower Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Middelbaar Canon Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Gould's Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Greek Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Hebrew Lower Case (Gould 1876)
U.S. Lower Case (Curtis & Mitchell 1878)
Bas de Casse (Lefevre 1880)
Polish Lower Case (Lefevre 1880)
Mackie Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Provincial News Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Times Office Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Spurrell Lower Case (Southward 1882)
Two Fount News Lower Case (Southward 1882)
U.S. Lower Case (Southward 1882, BB&S 1893)
Italian Lower Case (Pozzoli 1882)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Case (Southward 1882)
German Lower Case (MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913)
'Southward' Old Lower Case (Southward 1887)
'Southward' Improved Lower Case (Southward 1887)
'Oldfield' Lower Case (Oldfield 1890s, Southward 1898, Tarr 1945 etc)
Scottish Lower Case (Chambers 1891)
Palmer & Rey's Lower Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Boss News Lower Case (BBS 1893)
English Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
18th Century French Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Old Century French Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Italian Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Boston Spanish Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Belgian French Lower Case (Dumont 1894, 1915)
Old Lower Case (Southward 1898)
Perfection Case (The Inland Printer 1898)
Dictionary Lower Case (De Vinne 1904)
Hamilton Lower Case (De Vinne 1904, ATF 1906)
Monotype Correcting Case (Hamilton 1907)
French Lower Case (Muller c1910)
News Lower Case (Jacobi 1913)
Caslon New Lower Case (Jacobi 1913, Caslon 1925)
Dutch Onderkast (Ronner 1915)
French Lower Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Case (ATF 1923)
London Lower Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins, 1932)
Modern Lower Case (Southward 1933)
OUP Lower Case (OUP 1934)
Cassa Bassa (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937)
New Norcia Lower Case (New Norcia c.1945 and 2012)
Lower Case (Pickering 1955)
Modern Lower Case (Wallis 1959)
Australian Lower Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Plantinian Lower Case (Gaskell 1969)
Heffer's Lower Case (1970s and earlier)
Indian Upper & Lower Case (Sind 1999)
MMOP Hebrew Lower Cases (N.Z.Printing Museum 2021)
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Double Case Lays

Caxton's Case (1480 by Blades 1877)
Improved Jobbing Case (Printers Register 1875, Southward 1882)
Improved Double Case (Caslon 1897)
Caslon New Double Case (Caslon 1925)
London Double Case (as used by London College of Printing, in Atkins 1932)
Adana Double Case (Aspinall 1936)
New Norcia Double Case (New Norcia c.1945, and 2012)
Gaelic (Irish) Double Case (Cummins 1952)
Improved Double Case (Pickering 1955)
Shepherd's Double Case (Shepherd 1958)
Modern Double Case (Wallis 1959)
Sheffield (Stephenson Blake) Double Case (Millington 1963)
Curwen's Double Case (Curwen 1968)
Talbot's Double Case (Talbot, late 1960s)
Heffer's Double Case (Heffer 1970s and earlier)
Southern College of Art Double Case (1970s and earlier)
English Double Case (Improved) (as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974)
Scottish Double Case (Improved) (as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974)
Dorset House Double Case (Dorset House 1976)
English Double Case (Lindley & Maggs 1970)
ISPA/BPS Double Case (Lindley & Maggs 1983)
Dramrite's Double Case (Dramrite until early 1990s)
Duplicate Job Case (Sind 1999)
Improved English Double Case (Camberwell 2001)
English Californian Case (Camberwell 2001)
Improved Job Case (Jarrold 2001)
English Double Case (Old Clewer Steam Press 2001)
English Double Case (Reading University 2002)
Gnowangerup Star Double Case (Gnowangerup Star 2003)
Scottish Improved Double Case (Glasgow School of Art 2005)
Scottish Double Case (Glasgow School of Art 2005)
Incline Press Double Case (Incline Press 2009)
Central Saint Martins Double Case (Hi-Artz Press 2012)
Combined Upper and Lower Case (New Norcia 2013)
St Bride Foundation Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2014)
Stellar Press Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
Central Saint Martins Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
Lawrence Double Case (R. Lawrence 2015)
OUP Double Case (R. Lawrence 2015)
Some variations in Lays at New Norcia (New Norcia 2017)
Another Scottish Improved Double Jobbing Case (50 Hurst St 2025)
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Job Case Lays

Improved Jobbing Case (Printers Register 1875)
California Job Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
California Two-Third Job Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Jumbo (Dearing) Job Case (ATF 1896)
Improved New York Job Case (ATF 1896)
Italic Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
California Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Two-Third Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Clapp's Success Case (The Printer and Bookmaker 1898)
(Italic) Job Case (De Vinne 1904)
New York Job Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Three Quarter California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Dearing Job Case (ATF 1906)
Double Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Hamilton Job Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Job Case (ATF 1906)
Paterson Job Case (ATF 1906)
Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (from full-size ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Type Case (Sigwalt c1910)
California Job Case (Henry 1917)
Wells Job Case (ATF 1923)
California Job Case (Polk 1926)
Two Third Italic Job Case (Gujarati circa 1928)
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton 1922)
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton c1932)
English California Job Case (Whetton 1946)
Modern U.S. California Job Case (Polk & Gage 1953, Gypsy Press 1997)
California Job Case (Pickering 1955)
Two Third California Job Case (Missouri-Central 1959)
Australian California Job Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Two Third Job Case (Lieberman 1963)
Melbourne Job Case (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2019 but pre 1966)
Two Third New York Job Case (Long 1980)
English Californian Case (Camberwell 2001)
Melbourne Museum of Printing Job Case (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2014)
New Zealand California Job Case (Cobblestones 2015)
St Bride Double Case (St Bride Foundation 2015)
N.Z.Printing Museum Job Case (N.Z.Printing Museum 2015)
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 2 (Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020)
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 3 (Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020)
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Two Third Case Lays

California Two Third Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Excelsior Improved Case (Kelsey 1892)
Two Third Space and Quad case (ATF 1896)
Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Two-Thirds Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Two Third California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (from full-size ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Type Case (Sigwalt c1910)
Two Third Italic Job Case (Gujarati 1928)
Two Third California Job Case (Missouri-Central 1959)
Two Third Job Case (Lieberman 1963)
Two Third New York Job Case (Long 1980)
Two Third English Double Case (Cockleshell Press 2002)
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U.S. Case Lays

U.S. Lower Case (Van Winkle 1818)
U.S. Upper Case (Van Winkle 1818)
Adams Lower Case (Adams 1844)
Adams Upper Case (Adams 1844)
U.S Upper Case (Adams 1854, McPharlin 1942)
Proposed Lower Case (MacKellar 1866)
American Upper Case (MacKellar 1866)
U.S. Lower Case (MacKellar 1866, Southward 1887)
California Lower Case (Ringwalt 1871)
Lower Case (Curtis & Mitchell 1878)
Upper Case (Curtis & Mitchell 1878)
U.S. Lower Case (Southward 1882, BBS 1893)
Palmer & Rey's Lower Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Palmer & Rey's Cap Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
California Job Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
California Two Third Case (Palmer & Rey 1892)
Excelsior Improved Case (Kelsey 1892)
U.S. Upper Case (BBS 1893)
Boss News Lower Case (BBS 1893)
American Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Space and Quad case (Cleveland 1893)
Dearing Accent Case (ATF 1896, Hamilton 1932)
Jumbo (Dearing) Job Case (ATF 1896)
Improved New York Job Case (ATF 1896)
Two Third Space and Quad case (ATF 1896)
Italic Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
U.S. California Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Two-Thirds Dearing Job Case (Hamilton 1897)
Wisconsin Combination Quarter Cases (ATF 1897)
Clapp's Success Case (The Printer and Bookmaker 1898)
Perfection Case (The Inland Printer 1898)
Wells Two Fount Case (ATF 1900)
(Italic) Job Case (De Vinne 1904)
Hamilton Lower Case (De Vinne 1904, ATF 1906)
De Vinne Accent Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Figure Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Italic Accent Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Triple Case (De Vinne 1904)
Dictionary Lower Case (De Vinne 1904)
Hamilton Cap Case (ATF 1906)
New York Job Case (ATF 1906)
Triple Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Dearing Accent Case (ATF 1906)
Figure Case (ATF 1906)
Dearing Job Case (ATF 1906)
Double Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Hamilton Job Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Job Case (ATF 1906)
Paterson Job Case (ATF 1906)
Two Rivers Cap Case (ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (from full-size ATF 1906)
Two Third Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Three Quarter California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Carpenter Quarter Case (ATF 1906)
Quadruple Case (ATF 1906)
Yankee Job Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Space & Quad Case (ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907)
Practical Space & Quad Case (ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907)
Monotype Correcting Case (Hamilton 1907)
Time Table Quarter Case (Hamilton 1907)
Byerly Figure Case (Hamilton 1907)
Auxiliary Figure Case (Hamilton 1907)
Half Cap Case (Hamilton 1907)
Improved Type Case (Sigwalt c1910)
Hamilton News Cap Case (Henry 1917)
California Job Case (Henry 1917)
Hamilton Triple Case (Hamilton 1922)
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton 1922)
Wells Job Case (Hamilton 1922) - same as Wells Two Fount ATF 1900
California Job Case (Polk 1926)
Hamilton Quadruple Case (Hamilton c1932)
Improved New York Job Case (Hamilton c1932)
Two Third Italic Job Case (Gujarati 1928, Polk 1964)
Modern U.S. California Job Case (Polk & Gage 1953, Gypsy Press 1997)
Two Third California Job Case (Missouri-Central 1959)
Two Third Job Case (Lieberman 1963)
Hamilton Double Cap Case (Polk 1964)
Two Third New York Job Case (Long 1980)
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French Case Lays

Inferieure Breves (Fertel 1723)
Superieure Breves (Fertel 1723)
Inferieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723)
Superieure Vulgaires (Fertel 1723)
Haut de Casse (Diderot 1751-80)
Bas de Casse (Diderot 1751-80)
Upper Case (Castillon 1783)
Lower Case (Castillon 1783)
'Momoro' Upper Case (Momoro 1793)
French Lower Case (Lefèvre 1838)
(Proposed) French Upper Case (Lefèvre 1838)
French Upper Case (Lefèvre 1838)
Bas de Casse (Lefèvre 1880)
Haut de Casse (Lefèvre 1880)
French Combination Case (Ringwalt 1871 and Southward 1882)
La Casse Raçon (Audin 1929 for 1892)
Old Century French Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Old Century French Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
18th Century French Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
18th Century French Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
French Lower Case (Muller c1910)
French Upper Case (Muller c1910)
French Single (Parisienne) Case (Muller c1910)
French Single (Rationnelle) Case (Muller c1910)
French Lower Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
French Upper Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Casse Deberney (Audin 1929)
Casse Générale de Comet (Audin 1929)
Casse Générale de Gauthier (Audin 1929)
Casse Lyonnaise (Audin 1929)
La Parisienne (Audin 1929)
French Single Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Portuguese French Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Casse Parisienne (Le Papeterie de Vaux 2015)
There is an extensive article on French case lays in Histoire de l'Écriture Typographique, Le XIX Siècle français, by Jacques André & Christian Laucou, Atelier Perrousseaux, 2013
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German Case Lays

Roman Single Case (Wolffger 1673)
Fraktur Single Case (Wolffger 1673)
Roman Single Case (Vietor & Redinger 1679)
German Latin Case (Savage 1841)
German Lower Case (MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913)
German Upper Case (MacKellar 1885, Jacobi 1913)
Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Fraktur Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Fraktur Case (Bauer 1920)
Antiqua Case (Bauer 1920)
Antiqua mit Kapitalschen Case (Bauer 1920)
Austrian Latin with Accents Case (Niel 1925)
Austrian Latin with Small Caps Case (Niel 1925)
Austrian Fraktur Case (Niel 1925)
Fraktur Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Nagra-Einteilung fur Antiqua (Kollecher & Matuschke 1956, Druckladen 1997, 2003)
German Latin Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
German Fraktur Case (Genzmer 1961)
German Antiqua Case (Drucken & Lernen 1991)
Gebrochene Schriften (in use by Druckladen 1997, 2003)
German Fraktur Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Latin Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Latin Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Antiqua case (Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006)
German Antiqua Case (Drucken & Lernen 2007)
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Dutch Case Lays

No.1 Bovenkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
No.1 Onderkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
No.2 Bovenkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
No.2 Onderkas (Zweijgardt 1822)
Nederduitsche Bovenkas (van Cleef 1844)
Nederduitsche Onderkas (van Cleef 1844)
Bovenkast (Ronner 1915)
Onderkast (Ronner 1915)
Letterkast (Hostettler 1949, 1963, Avalon Pers 1997)
Three Quarter Case (Atelier IT Plein 1997)
Three Quarter Case with accents (Atelier IT Plein 1997)
Three Quarter Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
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Hebrew Case Lays

Hebrew Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Hebrew Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Cases (Southward 1882)
Hebrew Upper and Lower Cases (Hamilton/ATF 1923)
Jerusalem Latin Case (as in use in Jerusalem in 1997)
MMOP Hebrew Lower Cases (N.Z.Printing Museum 2021)
see also Blank Cases which show configurations of empty Hebrew cases.
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Scottish Case Lays

'Savage' Edinburgh Lower Case (Savage 1841)
'Savage' Edinburgh Upper Case (Savage 1841)
Scottish Lower Case (Chambers 1891)
Scottish Upper Case (Chambers 1891)
Scottish Double Case (Improved) (as in use by the Alembic Press since 1974)
Scottish Improved Double Case (Glasgow School of Art 2005)
Scottish Double Case (Glasgow School of Art 2005)
Another Scottish Improved Double Jobbing Case (50 Hurst St 2025)
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Irish Case Lays

Dublin Lower Case (Savage 1841)
Gaelic Double Case (Cummins 1952)
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Swedish Case Lays

Swedish Normalkast (1940s, and in current use)
Swedish Normalkast (as above, but Windows specific)
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Belgian Case Lays

Hoogen Tekst Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Hoogen Tekst Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Laagen Ascendonica Romein Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Middelbaar Canon Boven Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Middelbaar Canon Onder Case (Plantin-Moretus pre 1876)
Belgian French Lower Case (Dumont 1894, 1915)
Belgian French Upper Case (Dumont 1894, 1915)
Plantinian Lower Case (Gaskell 1969)
Plantinian Upper Case (Gaskell 1969)
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Italian Case Lays

Italian Lower Case (Pozzoli 1882)
Italian Upper Case (Pozzoli 1882)
Italian Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Italian Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Cassa Bassa (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937)
Cassa Alta (Enciclopedia Italiana 1937)
Cassa Tipografica (Enciclopedia Italiana 1949)
Italian Single Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Modello Francese (Gallavrini 1966)
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Spanish Case Lays

Caxa Alta y Baxa (de Paredes c1680)
Caxa Alta (Sigüenza y Vera 1811)
Caxa Baxa (Sigüenza y Vera 1811)
Boston Spanish Upper Case (Lockwood 1894)
Boston Spanish Lower Case (Lockwood 1894)
Spanish Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Caja Normal (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja Reformada (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja de Versalitas (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja Española (Morato 1933)
Spanish Greek Case (Fábregues y Saavedra 1933)
Caja Española (Sicluna 1945)
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Greek Case Lays

Greek Upper and Lower Cases (Savage 1841)
Greek Lower Case (Gould 1876)
Greek Upper Case (Gould 1876)
Spanish Greek Case (Fábregues y Saavedra 1933)
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Maori Case Lays

Maori Upper Case (Colenso 1835)
Maori Lower Case (Colenso 1835)
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Russian Case Lays

Russian Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Russian Single Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Czech Russian Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
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Indian Case Lays

Indian Upper & Lower Case (Sind 1999)
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Figure Case Lays

Caslon Figure Case (Southward 1904)
De Vinne Figure Case (De Vinne 1904)
Figure Case (ATF 1906)
Byerly Figure Case (Hamilton 1907)
Auxiliary Figure Case (Hamilton 1907)
Figure case (da Silva 1962)
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Other Case Lays

Caxton's Case (1480 by Blades 1877)
Fount Lower Case (Smith 1755)
Fount Lower Case (Stower 1808)
Fount Upper Case (Stower 1808)
Jobbing Half Lower Case (Southward 1872)
Jobbing Half Upper Case (Southward 1872)
Space and Quad case (Cleveland 1893)
Dearing Accent Case (ATF 1896, Hamilton 1932)
Two Third Space and Quad case (ATF 1896)
Jobbing (Titling) Case (Caslon 1897)
Wisconsin Combination Quarter Cases (ATF 1897)
De Vinne Accent Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Italic Accent Case (De Vinne 1904)
De Vinne Triple Case (De Vinne 1904)
Dearing Accent Case (ATF 1906)
Quadruple Case (ATF 1906)
Triple Case (ATF 1906)
Three Quarter California Job Case (ATF 1906)
Carpenter Quarter Case (ATF 1906)
Improved Space & Quad Case (ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907)
Practical Space & Quad Case (ATF 1906, Hamilton 1907)
Half Cap Case (Hamilton 1907)
Time Table Quarter Case (Hamilton 1907)
Hieroglyphics Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Hamilton Triple Case (Hamilton 1922)
Improved Half Case (Caslon 1925)
Heading Case (Gujarati 1928)
Music Outer Case (R.H.Stevens c1930)
Music Upper Case (R.H.Stevens c1930)
Music Lower Case (R.H.Stevens c1930)
Combination Quarter Case (Atkins 1932)
Hamilton Quadruple Case (Hamilton c1932)
Quarter Caps/Accents Cases (Hamilton c1932)
Layout No.2 (Adana 1934)
Layout No.3 (Adana 1934)
Combined Layout (Adana 1934)
Fancy Caps case (da Silva 1962)
Figure case (da Silva 1962)
Small Caps case (da Silva 1962)
Jerusalem Latin Case (as in use in Jerusalem in 1997)
Commercial Ludlow Case (Green Dolphin Press 2002)
Dutch Three Quarter Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
Combined Upper and Lower Case (New Norcia 2013)
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Swiss Case Lays

German Fraktur Case (Hostettler 1949)
German Latin Case (Hostettler 1963)
Helvetica Single Case (Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004)
Parisienne Single Case (Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004)
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Vietnamese Case Lays

Vietnamese Upper Case (Vien-Hung c.1966)
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Australian Case Lays

New Norcia Lower Case (New Norcia c.1945, and 2012)
New Norcia Double Case (New Norcia c.1945, and 2012)
W.A. California Job Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
W.A. Lower Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
W.A. Upper Case (W.A. Educ Dept c.1960)
Melbourne Job Case (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2019 but pre 1966)
Gnowangerup Star Double Case (Gnowangerup Star 2003)
Combined Upper and Lower Case (New Norcia 2013)
New Norcia Upper Case (New Norcia 2013)
Upper Case (New Norcia 2014)
Melbourne Museum of Printing Job Case (Melbourne Museum of Printing 2014)
Some variations in Lays at New Norcia (New Norcia 2017)
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New Zealand Case Lays

Maori Upper Case (Colenso 1835)
Maori Lower Case (Colenso 1835)
New Zealand California Job Case (Cobblestones 2015)
N.Z.Printing Museum Job Case (N.Z.Printing Museum 2015)
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 2 (Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020)
N.Z. Printing Museum Job Case 3 (Wellington Centre for Book Arts 2020)
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Polish Case Lays

Polish Lower Case (Lefevre 1880)
Polish Upper Case (Lefevre 1880)
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Egyptian Case Lays

Hieroglyphic Cases (Legros & Grant 1916)
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Danish Case Lays

Schultz's Danish Single case 1915 (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2015)
Danish Single Case (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2009)
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Czech Case Lays

Czech Single Case (Špalek 1925)
Czech Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
Czech Russian Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
Czech Single Case (Bláha 1963)
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Portuguese Case Lays

Veloso's Portuguese Single Case (1858 in da Silva 1962)
Castro's Portuguese Single Case (dated 1876 in da Silva 1962)
Old Portuguese Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Portuguese French Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Fancy Caps case (da Silva 1962)
Figure case (da Silva 1962)
Small Caps case (da Silva 1962)
Portuguese Single Case (USA 2019)
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Norwegian Case Lays

Norwegian Single Case (Oftedahl 2021)
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Single Case Lays

Caxton's Case (1480 by Blades 1877)
Roman Single Case (Wolffger 1673)
Fraktur Single Case (Wolffger 1673)
Roman Single Case (Vietor & Redinger 1679)
German Latin Case (Savage 1841)
Veloso's Portuguese Single Case (1858 in da Silva 1962)
Castro's Portuguese Single Case (dated 1876 in da Silva 1962)
German Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Russian Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Spanish Single Case (Lockwood 1894)
Caja Normal (Lockwood 1894, Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
French Single (Parisienne) Case (Muller c1910)
French Single (Rationnelle) Case (Muller c1910)
Schultz's Danish Single case 1915 (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2015)
German Fraktur Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
Russian Case (Legros & Grant 1916)
German Antiqua Case (Bauer 1917)
German Antiqua mit Kapitalschen Case (Bauer 1917)
German Fraktur Case (Bauer 1920)
Austrian Latin with Accents Case (Niel 1925)
Austrian Latin with Small Caps Case (Niel 1925)
Austrian Fraktur Case (Niel 1925)
Czech Single Case (Špalek 1925)
Caja Normal (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja Reformada (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Caja de Versalitas (Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada 1928)
Casse Deberney (Audin 1929)
Casse Générale de Comet (Audin 1929)
Casse Générale de Gauthier (Audin 1929)
Casse Lyonnaise (Audin 1929)
La Parisienne (Audin 1929)
Caja Española (Morato 1933)
Spanish Greek Case (Fábregues y Saavedra 1933)
Swedish Normalkast (as in use in Sweden 1940s)
Spanish Single Case (Sicluna 1945)
Dutch Letterkast (Hostettler 1949, 1963, Avalon Pers 1997)
German Fraktur Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
French Single Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
German Latin Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Italian Single Case (Hostettler 1949, 1963)
Italian Single Case (Enciclopedia Italiana 1949)
Czech Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
Czech Russian Single Case (Zahálka 1952)
German Nagra-Einteilung fur Antiqua (Kollecher & Matuschke 1956, Druckladen 1997, 2003)
German Fraktur Case (Genzmer 1961)
Old Portuguese Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Veloso's Portuguese Single Case (da Silva 1962)
Czech Single Case (Bláha 1963)
Modello Francese (Gallavrini 1966)
German Antiqua Case (Drucken & Lernen 1991)
Jerusalem Latin Case (as in use in Jerusalem in 1997)
German Gebrochene Schriften (as in use in 1997, 2003)
German Fraktur Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Latin Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
German Latin Case (In De Bonnfant 2004)
Swiss Parisienne Single Case (Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004)
Swiss Helvetica Single Case (Ecomusèe Voltaire 2004)
German Antiqua case (Paintner i.r.o. Goldschagg 2006)
German Antiqua Case (Drucken & Lernen 2007)
Danish Single Case (Jens Jørgen Hansen 2009)
Casse Parisienne (Le Papeterie de Vaux 2015)
Portuguese Single Case (USA 2019)
Norwegian Single Case (Oftedahl 2021)
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Written by David Bolton and last updated 31 March 2025.