Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by process]
7. image-making equipment
8. [equipment for printing and printmaking]
9. type composition equipment
10. type cases

Narrower term/s

• California job cases

Anotations

Scope note:

Shallow trays made to hold moveable type for hand-type setting. These are divided into compartments for each letter in a font of type, and typically are laid out with capitals to the right and lower-case characters to the left.