California Job Case, For Letterpress Type Letters Stock Photo

Storage case for one size font typeface, lower case and upper case. Of many arrangements, this California Job Case has larger compartments for the most common letters. Arranged in cabinets of different sizes and font faces. Experienced typesetters can `read` what sentences are being set by watching the letters being taken from the case. Apprentices are assigned to break and resort the type into the case when printing is finished. A mess of spilled type is called `pi` or `pied`.