The publications of The Augustan Society, Inc., need a consistent style so as to present a consistent and professional appearance. This page is an effort to establish such a standard.
==Typographic Standards==
===Editorial Preferences===
*Serial commas in all situations — alpha, beta, and gamma.
*Quantities of twenty or fewer are spelled out as words, larger amount as digits. Exceptions are for ages, and perhaps others.
*Date format is day month year — 18 August 1957.*Months are to be spelled out in the body of the article as well as in footnotes and endnotesnotes.*Calendar designation shall 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.
*Notes shall be numbered sequentially throughout each article.
*Footnotes go at the bottom of columns, not grouped at the bottom of the page.
*If footnotes are used with a Bibliography, the footnotes shall be in brief format, "Author, Year, p. 00" with full details in the Bibliography.
*Notes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text — [1], not superscript <sup>1</sup>.
*Notes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1].
*Endnotes are preferred to footnotes.
;Book
: Firstname Lastname. ''Title of Book''. City: Publisher, 18 Aug. August 1957, p. 000.
: United States. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 00th Congress, p. 000.
;Census Online
: Government agency. "1957 Census: Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA" in Website Author or Owner. "Web Page Name" in ''Website Name''. Accessed 18 Aug. August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page. National Archives Microfilm #A00-00, p. 000, Firstname Lastname. ''Note this use of abbreviated name of month.''
;Letter
: Firstname Lastname. Letter to Firstname Lastname. 18 Aug. August 1957. Location of original.
;Letter on website
: Firstname Lastname. Letter to Firstname Lastname. 18 Aug. August 1957, in Website Author or Owner. "Web Page Name" in ''Website Name''. Accessed 18 Aug. August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.
;Document
: Firstname Lastname. Government document name. 18 Aug. August 1957. Archives holding document. Details needed for access.
;Unique items
;Vital Records
: Jurisdiction. ''Vital Records''. Accessed 18 Aug. August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.
''Note: This form only appropriate when the Jurisdiction maintains the website.''
;Webpage
: Firstname Lastname. "Page Name" in ''Website Name''. Accessed 18 Aug. August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.
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