Fancy Caps Case

 
1
 
234567890
 
Á
 
ÉÍÓÚÇÃÕWK
 
A
 
BCDEFGH
 
I
 
JLMNOPQ
 
R
 
STUVXYZ
 
&
 
;: ,.-

This Portugese case lay is the Caixa para capitaisde fantasia shown by da Silva, Manual do Tipógrafo, 2nd ed. 1962. It is a three quarter sized case 66x47cm with 51 boxes and is used for fancy capitals. Note that the Portugese put K and W out of alphabetic sequence, whereas the English lays have J and U out of sequence.

The empty case configuration is Fancy Cap Case.

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This page was written in 2020 by David Bolton and last updated 28 February 2020.