Caja Normal

ffl

ffi

]

esp
fin

?¿

!¡

( )

cu
ad

m.l

esp
med

esp
gord

;

cuad
rados

This Spanish typecase lay is shown in Enciclopedia Vniversal Illvstrada (1928), and Fábregues y Saavedra: Manual del Cajista de Imprenta (1933). It is also shown in Lockwood: American Dictionary of Printing and Bookbinding (1894) as the most common Spanish lay. The Caja Reformada lay is similar, but has capitals in a different row order, and has one less small box in the bottom left corner, with y q l in different boxes. Note the position of, for example, J U K W in the upper case and h i in the lower case, compared with English lays.

The box with ¦ represents a single dagger. The o a are superiors. The # box is letra rota, ie the hell box. The spacing boxes are for espacios gordos, finos, cuadrats, etc. and m.l is for med lineas. The Spanish Single shows a slightly different box width for e i and gordos (thicks). The empty case is Caja Normal.

Other empty cases ie with the boxes left blank		Other type layouts ie with characters assigned to boxes
Full Index of layouts	Glossary of terms used	Sources of the layouts	Introduction
Quantities in a fount of type		Quantities in a case of type
Notes about Job and Double Cases	Notes about Upper cases	Notes about Lower cases	Alembic home page

This page was written in 1999 by David Bolton and last updated 8 August 1999.