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The type cabinet stores up to 24 cases of type. This modern dustproof cabinet carries 24, and the cases are designed to have minimal gap between them to minimise dust intrusion.

This is one of many fully loaded cabinets in the Museum's storage facilities. It certainly looks very dusty but our volunteers will clean it up okay, and the contents are mostly clean. Note that the printer who owned this one seems to have had a real mixture of typecases, made by different manufacturers over the years. But inside the differences are minor.

These cabinets carry, in some instances, the complete range of typefaces used by a former printing business. [Typog exercise: design and proof a range of documents using only the resources of a typical letterpress printer of times past.]

Sadly, these irreplaceable founts will be lost if the Museum fails to find a sponsor for the cost of storage.