The Augustan Society, Inc., publishes a journaltitled ''The Augustan Omnibus'', presently semi-annually.
Formal title: ''The Augustan Omnibus: An International Journal of Chivalry, Genealogy, History, Heraldry, GenealogyNobility, and ChivalryRoyalty''. The order of the six terms are shuffled for each issue.
Short title: ''The Augustan Omnibus''
Informal title: ''Omnibus''
Note: The Formal title should probably be expanded Take care to include either "Royalty", "Nobility", or both. There has been some discussion of this point avoid confusion with the [[Royalty & Nobility Committee]], but they seem conflicted about whether "Nobility" is sufficiently encompassing''The Augustan Society Omnibus''.
[httphttps://www.augustansociety.org/cpageindex.phpcfm?ptfuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=63 1498 Web page on main site.]
=Staff=
The ''Omnibus'' staff is headed by the [[Omnibus Editor|Editor]], who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the [[Editor-in-Chief]]. He then appoints such other members as he may see fit. These presently include:==Staff==
The ''Omnibus'' staff is headed by the [[Assistant EditorsOmnibus Editor|Editor]], who work with authors to perfect their articles (is appointed by and especially their list serves at the pleasure of citations);the [[Editor-in-Chief]]. He then appoints such other members as he may see fit. These may include:
* Associate Editors, who work with authors to perfect their articles (and especially their list of citations);* Reviews Editor, who will assign and supervise the submission of reviews of books, periodicals, and software; and a* [[Proofreader]], who reviews completed articles for grammar, spelling, and may compare the article to the original; and a.
The [[Production EditorAdvertising Manager]], who does sells ads and provides copy directly to the final formatting[[Omnibus Editor]]. When a working [[Fundraising Committee]] exists, printingthis officer should be attached to and a member of that committee. The Advertising Manager is appointed by, reports to, and distributionserves at the pleasure of the Editor-in-Chief.
=Style manual=The [[Omnibus Editor]], will assemble each issue from the articles and other items submitted, prints, and mails each issue (in cooperation with [[Headquarters Staff]]). Surplus copies will be shipped to [[Headquarters]] for later sale. Note that the [[Production Editor]] will not be involved in printing or distribution of the ''Omnibus''.
Primary source of style is the Chicago manual:==[[Style Manual]]==
The primary source of style is the Chicago manual : ''The Chicago Manual of styleStyle''.<br>
16th ed.<br>
The University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Specific points Unfortunately, this manual is not entirely consistent, nor does it cover all of style include:the peculiar sources we find common. Obviously, it also lacks details of our typographic standards.
*Serial commas in all situations — alphaTo address these two challenges, beta, and gamma*Date format is day month year — 18 August 1957*Calendar designation shall we have established our own Style Manual which should be either "BC" or "AD" whenever there may be ambiguity — AD 1957 or 3400 BC, but 2 January 201 AD*Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods — thus USA, FAS, PhD*Footnotes, if not too numerous, shall use symbols — * † ‡ ** †† ‡‡*Footnotes go at the bottom of columns, not grouped at the bottom of the pageadhered to.*Endnotes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text — [1], not <sup>1</sup>*Endnotes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1]
=Format=
==Format== #Page: 8½×11", 50# white, ½" margins, running head after Contents page, excepting back cover and any page that is all ads.
#Printed cover: 12×18" 65# card white, trimmed to 11×17" for full bleed, laser printer
#Printed body: 11×17" 50# white, laser printer
#Binding: saddle stitch, two staples #FontsFormats:##Titles — Header—DejaVu Serif 12pt##Title—DejaVu Serif bold 24pt centered##Subtitles — Subtitle—DejaVu Serif bold 18pt centered##Authors — Author—DejaVu Serif Bold 12pt centered##Text — body—DejaVu Serif book 12pt justified, first paragraph with three-line drop capautomatic indent##Text body indent—DejaVu Serif book 12 pt justified, others indented, two-column with 0.2" gutterno indent##Captions — Caption—DejaVu Serif Italic 11pt centered##Quotations — Quotation—DejaVu Serif book 11pt justified, indent 0.2" on both sides, open quotation marks hung(0.08"), spacing 0.06" above and below.##Table text — Contents—DejaVu Sans Serif Condensed 10pt12pt (or smaller if needed to fit), bold header##Bibliographic entries — Heading 1—DejaVu Serif bold 12pt, spacing 0.18" above##Heading 2—DejaVu Serif bold 15pt, spacing 0.15" above##Heading 3—DejaVu Serif bold 18pt, spacing 0.12" above##Bibliography Header—DejaVu Serif bold 12pt, spacing 0.18" above##Bibliography 1—DejaVu Serif 11pt left, 0.06" above.##URL and email addresses — —DejaVu Sans Condensed##All styles limit 2 lines for Orphans and Widows, no spacing expect as above #Style Rules:##Dates are given as "18 August 1958" in text, "18 Aug 1958" in Bibliographies and Genealogies.##Approximate dates are given with "c." in front of the date, as "c.1958".##Abbreviations for states and Canadian provinces will be the two-letter Postal Service abbreviations, except when a state or province is mentioned without a city or county, in which case it is spelled in full.##Ranges of numbers are shown with an "–" (n-dash) between the extremes, without spaces. Both numbers are to be given in full (as "211–214").##Wikipedia citations may list only the primary website data in the sources if the full name of the page is given in the text.##URLs are given in body text condensed, between <angle brackets>. No color change or underline.##Underlined words are generally to be converted to italics. ----
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