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Stephens & Wickersham Quoin
                  Company Job Case Chart
Job Case Layouts
&
Layout Reference Charts


ATF Chart - California Job Case
Just a bunch of images of job case layout charts I've stumbled upon over the years.
I'll add more as I find them..

(If you take it any of these and clean it up, please send me a copy and I'll post it with credit to you.)


Sam. Stephens &  Wickersham Quoin Company
Job Case Chart


CIRCA UNKNOWN

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Stephens & Wickersham
          Quoin Company Job Case Chart




ATF Student "PRINTING INSTRUCTION CHART"
perhaps the most common and most popular
Could be see in just about any American High School Print Shop for many years

ATF Chart -
          California Job Case




California Job
          Case Layout Chart

This one is a scan of the chart we took off the wall of Frank Premako's basement print shop.


Layout of the Common 2/3 size type case

2/3 California Job Case
          Layout Chart


2/3 sized case is 21 3/4" wide

These cases were made by Hamilton and Thompson for many years.
Kelsey sold these as well as a case of this size with a unique "Kelsey" layout -
wi
thout the top two rows, instead placing CAPS in boxes directly above the corresponding lowercase letter.

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How to Hold the Composing Stick

How to Hold The Composing Stick




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