Type case

Type case

A type case is a compartmentalized wooden box used to store movable type used in letterpress printing.Fred Williams, [http://www.apa-letterpress.com/T%20&%20P%20ARTICLES/Type/California%20Job%20Case.html Origin of the California Job Case] , originally published in "Type & Press", Fall 1992. Available online at apa-letterpress.com. Accessed online 2 May 2008.]

ee also

* California Job Case

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