So I have a couple of these empty printing press/movable type drawers because they’re bascially awesome. This one happens to have been for Caslon Light Italic. Your homework, just for fun: go do some research on why we call THIS uppercase, and this lowercase. Go on, then. I’ll wait.
Right. So now that you’re back and thoroughly filled with historical trivia, the question is: when I hang this drawer on my wall, what teeny tiny things should I put in the compartments (note: no more than 1”x2”)?

So I have a couple of these empty printing press/movable type drawers because they’re bascially awesome. This one happens to have been for Caslon Light Italic. Your homework, just for fun: go do some research on why we call THIS uppercase, and this lowercase. Go on, then. I’ll wait.

Right. So now that you’re back and thoroughly filled with historical trivia, the question is: when I hang this drawer on my wall, what teeny tiny things should I put in the compartments (note: no more than 1”x2”)?

  1. lastrealfool answered: Transisters and diodes
  2. oati answered: I grew up with one my mom filled with the teeny mementos of my sister’s and my childhood, including a petite jar of our baby teeth. So: teeth
  3. saidme answered: extra stuff that won’t fit in the attic
  4. doublejack answered: Were it mine, I’d start collecting letter blocks of various typefaces, interspersed with sundry other notable wee miscellany.
  5. obsoletethebook reblogged this from jasonpermenter and added:
    posted this photo and dares readers to guess...use the terms “lowercase”
  6. dwineman answered: Miniature apothecary cabinets.
  7. minorfall answered: Thimbles - because in Peter Pan they mean kisses and who doesn’t want to have that many kisses on hand?
  8. muguet answered: Teeth.
  9. kubi answered: fill it with your beanie-baby collection
  10. jollilama answered: it’s a tweet-holder for your steampunk twitter engine.
  11. bailey answered: live mice.
  12. rartastic answered: will postcards from all your imaginary friends fit in any of the compartments? if so, that.
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