case compositor's case typesetter's case
case%1:06:03:: compositor's_case%1:06:00:: typesetter's_case%1:06:00::
tiskarski kovček
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters