posed in front. This front space is
sufficient to support the case temporarily while it is pulled out from
those above in full view. (Fig. 33.)

[Illustration: Fig. 33. Double Case Stand, showing the cases in rack
pushed back from front, to permit exposure of all boxes when a case is
pulled forward for setting type.]

In many type cabinets, however, the practice is to keep the front of all
cases flush with the front of the cabinet frame. This allows no front
support for a case that is pulled out far enough to expose all the
boxes, and so the side frames or rims of the cases are extended three or
four inches back beyond the case itself. These extensions serve as stout
arms at the rear of the case to hold it in the front of the rack when
the case is pulled forward. When the case is carefully handled this plan
serves the purpose if the extensions themselves are not drawn entirely
clear of the case above. Its security depends somewhat upon the style of
the runs and how carefully the cases fit their places. A disadvantage
of this plan is that the cases having these long rear extensions are
awkward to place when they are taken from their racks to be used on top
of ordinary working stands.

The later method of providing for this is to place the cases further
back in the rack, as in the old-style stand, and have the runs on the
cabinet extended entirely to the front. This is the extension front, and
in modern cabinets the rims are of thin steel, as already described.
(Fig. 34.) With this arrangement the cases have no protruding arms and
can be conveniently placed anywhere; standard cabinet cases can be
placed on working stands or temporarily in any convenient case rack.

[Illustration: Fig. 34. Extension Front Case Rack.]

_Furniture Racks_

In the composing-room of a generation ago--and unfortunately in some
unprogressive places today--the strips of blank material known as reglet
and wood furniture were usually kept in disorderly manner in a large box
or drawer under or near the imposing stone. The material was usually
obtained in lengths of one yard and a small hand-saw was at hand to cut
any lengths required. In time there was an accumulation of all sorts
jumbled together in the drawer in a manner to make it difficult to find
needed pieces without loss of time. Often the quickest way to obtain
the right piece was to cut off a longer one.

[Illustration: Fig. 35. Furniture Cabinet for labor-saving fonts of wood
or m