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The “lay” of a pair of type cases (upper case).details

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typography, printing, greyscale

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Image title: The “lay” of a pair of type cases (upper case).
Source: Blades, William: “Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges” (1891)
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Keywords: typography, printing, greyscale
Status: out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
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This is the top half of the figure, the upper case. In the actual type tray, individual sorts, or pieces of type, would be stored in the compartment indicated. Note that the actual compartments are open; a type tray generally does not have a lid, so you had to learn where the letters went.

Dimensions: 115 x 55mm (4.5 x 2.2 inches)
Filename: 052-The-Lay-of-a-pair-of-type-cases-a-q75-2180x1058.jpg
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