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The cabinets that hold Ludlow cases have handedness: the right-handed ones are designed to stand to the right of the Ludlow Typograph (casting machine) and the left-handed ones to the left. The cases lie at an angle and the bottom of the case is on the lower edge, so the compositor stands with the case in front and the cabinet to his or her elbow.
Many shops have the cases set up so that the first half that is exposed as the case is pulled out of the cabinet holds the lower-case letters, although some shops that specialise in upper-case text (such as rubber stamp makers) might reverse this. The above illustration shows the typical lay of the case for a right-handed cabinet for a commercial printer.
Part of the Green Dolphin Press website.