✎ luminous:publication_formatting [the libarynth]

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=== Format guide ===

suggestions in consideration of the designer's convenience ;-)

== …for final import-ready docs ==

* cleaned up as much as possible (whitespace, etc.)
  * rtf format preserving local formatting only (bold, italics, etc.)
  * and optionally, basic style indications (headings, subheadings, body text)

== style/formatting guidelines ==

having become aware of a tendency to favour what turns out to be american english style options in many cases (despite best intentions), i am revising my outlook, which will consequently be reflected in some editorial suggestions concerning style matters herewith.
 --- //[[alkan.chipperfield@gmail.com|Alkan Chipperfield]] 2008/02/29 08:55//

following are some key texts which constitute signposts for any such judgements, and rationales for editorial dictatorship.

* Ritter, R. M. 2002. //The Oxford Guide to Style.// Oxford University Press.
  * Swan, Michael. 1980. //Practical English Usage.// Oxford University Press.
  * 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: Penguin.
  * Angus, Joseph. 1862. //Hand-Book of the English Tongue: For the Use of Students and Others.// London: The Religious Tract Society. ;-)

recognising that language is rarely amenable to totalitarianism, however, the following details exceptions, special cases, and matters to which particular attention may need to be drawn.

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