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| lgp_editorial:format_guide [2008-02-26 14:21] – suggestions on formatting import-ready docs which may or may not be convenient for nik alkan | luminous:publication_formatting [2020-06-06 12:00] (current) – old revision restored (2013-02-12 03:52) nik | ||
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| === Format guide === | === Format guide === | ||
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| + | aka Foam Publishing(tm) in-house style guidelines | ||
| suggestions in consideration of the designer' | suggestions in consideration of the designer' | ||
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| * cleaned up as much as possible (whitespace, | * cleaned up as much as possible (whitespace, | ||
| * rtf format preserving local formatting only (bold, italics, etc.) | * rtf format preserving local formatting only (bold, italics, etc.) | ||
| + | * NOTE: ill have to check up on this, but i think either .txt or .doc are preferable, as indesign (if we are using it) does style, footnote and reference translation from .doc --nik | ||
| * and optionally, basic style indications (headings, subheadings, | * and optionally, basic style indications (headings, subheadings, | ||
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| == style/ | == style/ | ||
| - | | + | following are some key texts which constitute signposts for any judgements in matters of style, and rationales for editorial dictatorship. |
| - | * //italics// for foreign words not in dictionary (standard practice) | + | |
| - | * numbers generally spelt out when the numerical data is not the focus, except for dates and other exceptions | + | |
| - | * punctuation inside the " | + | * Swan, Michael. 1980. //Practical English Usage.// Oxford University Press. |
| - | * citation | + | * Strunk, William Jr. and E.B. White. 2000. //The Elements of Style.// 4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. |
| + | * Gowers, Ernest and Bruce Fraser. 1979. //The Complete Plain Words.// Harmondsworth: | ||
| + | * Angus, Joseph. 1862. //Hand-Book of the English Tongue: For the Use of Students and Others.// London: The Religious Tract Society. ;-) | ||
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| + | === special notes === | ||
| + | * citation | ||
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