The above is a fac-simile from the second volume of Annals of George I.; London, 1717.
OLD STYLE
Facsimile of four roman and three italic lines from T. B. Reed’s “History of Printing”, printed in type cast in the matrices made by the elder Caslon in 1720.
SMALL PICA ROMAN. NO. 1.
Facsimile of ten lines from Fry & Steele’s “Specimens of Printing Type”, dated 1794.
Small Pica Roman. No. 1.
Facsimile of ten lines from the Foundry of Caslon the younger, dated 1796.
CHAPTER IX. TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK.
CASE. A frame divided into boxes, or compartments, for holding types. The upper case contains capitals; the lower case, small letters.