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The type case at Kraaiven Press: wooden type cabinets with cases of type laid on top

The type case

Everything printed here is set from metal that the press owns, so the case is the limit of what the press can do. It grows slowly: a face is ordered, cast, and waited for, sometimes for a year. What follows is the whole of it, including what is still on order.

  • Stempel GaramondRoman

    72, 60, 48, 36, 28 and 24D — roman, titling

    12D — roman, composition

    Cast by Schriftgießerei Rainer Gerstenberg, Darmstadt

    Used for The Raven

    in the case

  • Stempel GaramondItalic

    on the wish list

    Actively searching for 12D German height. Contact us if you are willing to sell this to the press.

  • Sabon

    12 pt — roman, italic and small caps, Monotype

    16 pt — italic, Stempel

    36 pt — roman and italic, Stempel

    36 pt — halbfett (semi-bold), Stempel

    48 pt — roman, Stempel

    in the case

  • Caslon #128

    Offizin Parnassia Vättis

    on order

  • Altdeutsche Fraktur

    11D — roman, on 12D body — composition

    Cast by Offizin Parnassia Vättis

    Used for Little Snow-White

    in the case

  • Alte Fraktur

    24D and 36D — roman, titling

    Cast by Offizin Parnassia Vättis

    Used for Little Snow-White

    in the case

  • in the case

In the case, on order, on the wish list — the three states a face can be in.