tters, special characters and sorts, for leaders,
type borders and ornaments, etc. A large variety of cases are planned
for labor-saving fonts of brass rule. Others are made especially for
spaces and quads, for leads and slugs, and for metal furniture. These
are made in many sizes, from the small space-and-rule case, 5 inches by
6-1/4 inches, which can be placed beside the compositor's galley, up to
the mammoth metal furniture case, 18 inches by 72 inches, covering a
space equal to the top of a double stand. Dealers' catalogs now show
from seventy-five to a hundred or more different kinds of cases for
printers' use.

[Illustration: Fig. 6. Italic Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 7. New York Job Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 8. Triple Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 9. Greek Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 10. Space and Quad Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 11. Lead and Slug Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 12. Wood Type Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 13. Metal Furniture Case.]

[Illustration: Fig. 14. Wood Type Case, with cross bar.]

[Illustration: Fig. 15. Blank Case for electrotypes.]

_Compositor's Work Stands_

Primarily a working case-stand for a compositor serves two purposes. It
should hold the cases in a position where he can work with reasonable
comfort, and it should be fitted to contain the necessary material for
his immediate use. For the first purpose the height of the case, working
top, or shelf, should conform approximately to a level that will be
comfortable for the individual workman. A tall man may work easily at a
case which would be too high for the comfort of an apprentice, and a
case at the right elevation for one below the average height would cause
a habit of tiresome, if not unhealthful, stooping in a tall person. It
often happens in some places that such conditions may not be adjusted
without some bother, and an uncomfortable temporary position may not be
a serious matter for very brief periods. The tendency in well-managed
workrooms, however, is to remedy such improper situations and not to
permit workmen to work habitually under conditions which may be easily
improved. "The height of a compositor and his frame," said an early
authority among printers, "should be so adjusted that his right elbow
may just clear the front of the lower case by the _a_ box, without the
smallest elevation of the shoulder"; and this seems a wise general rule
to observe.

When the type case is placed at a height at which the