Empty Czech Single Case

This Czech typecase configuration matches the illustration in Bláha: Přehled polygrafie, 1963. It is shown with no divisions into bays, unlike the otherwise similar Czech case of Zahálka of 1952 and the Czech case in the National Technical Museum, Prague in June 2019. The case has 130 boxes, although there is a newer Czech Single case on display in the Museum that has only 125 boxes, there being five fewer boxes in the ‘lower’ case section.

The lay of the case is Czech Single.

An earlier (1925) version of a Czech case also has only 125 boxes, but a slightly different arrangement in the ‘lower’ section. A Hungarian case shown in the Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, is also divided into three bays, with 129 boxes, but has one more row of small boxes than the NTM case, and an Austrian case shown by Niel in 1925 also has three bays, but has 150 boxes as it is designed to include small capitals.

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This page was written in 2019 by David Bolton and last updated 12 July 2019.