Smith Lower Case No.1

ct[ ]aeoe ç   '       e           s     ( ) ?  !  ;  |l  fl 
&bcd i|fg |h||ff
ffl|ifi
jlmnh oypqwenem
hs
zvutspacear ,:quad
x.-

The typecase lay is the No.1 Lower shown by Smith, The Printer's Grammar (1755), reprinted Gregg (1965). It is followed by Luckombe (1771), and (as being upon the old plan) by Johnson (1824), apart from ' replacing ç and j replacing ' and ffi replacing ffl and fli replacing j and ffl replacing hair spaces and q and , swapping positions. The Smith Upper is the companion Upper lay.

The typecase is partitioned into two equal bays. The empty configuration is Lower, and is the same as Moxon apart from the en and em boxes which are now larger.

Note that | represents the long s.

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This page was written by David Bolton (AlembicPrs@aol.com). Last updated 4 March 98.