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===Editorial Preferences===
 
===Editorial Preferences===
  
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*Serial commas in all situations — alpha, beta, and gamma.
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*Quantities of twenty or fewer are spelled out as words, larger amount as digits. Exceptions are for ages, and perhaps others.
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<li>Serial commas in all situations &mdash; alpha, beta, and gamma.</li>
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*Date format is day month year &mdash; 18 August 1957 (or 18 Aug. 1957).
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*Months are to be spelled out in the body of the article, but abbreviated in notes.
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<li>Quantities of twenty or fewer are spelled out as words, larger amount as digits. Exceptions are for ages, and perhaps others.</li>
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*Calendar designation shall be either "BC" or "AD" whenever there may be ambiguity &mdash; AD 1957 or 3400 BC, but 2 January 201 AD.
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*Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods &mdash; thus USA, FAS, PhD.
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<li>Date format is day month year &mdash; 18 August 1957 (18 Aug. 1957).</li>
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*Notes shall be numbered sequentially throughout each article.
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*Footnotes go at the bottom of columns, not grouped at the bottom of the page. [Note: This is not easily done with present software.]
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<li>Months are to be spelled out in the body of the article, but abbreviated in notes.</li>
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*If footnotes are used with a Bibliography, the footnotes shall be in brief format, "Author, Year, p. 00" with full details in the Bibliography.
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*Notes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text &mdash; [1], not superscript <sup>1</sup>.
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<li>Calendar designation shall be either "BC" or "AD" whenever there may be ambiguity &mdash; AD 1957 or 3400 BC, but 2 January 201 AD.</li>
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*Notes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket &mdash; 1], not [1].
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*Endnotes are preferred to footnotes.
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<li>Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods &mdash; thus USA, FAS, PhD.</li>
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*Do not use apostrophes in decades; thus 1920s not 1920's, and 80s not 80's.
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*Ordinal suffixes (st, nd, rd, th) should be superscript. Elevation 33% and size 67%.
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<li>Notes shall be numbered sequentially throughout each article.</li>
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<li>Footnotes should be used sparingly, as present software makes it difficult to place them at the bottom of columns, the default being to group them at the bottom of the page.</li>
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<li>If footnotes are used with a Bibliography, the footnotes shall be in brief format, "Author, Year, p. 00" with full details in the Bibliography.</li>
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<li>Notes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text &mdash; [1], not superscript <sup>1</sup>.</li>
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<li>Notes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket &mdash; 1], not [1].</li>
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<li>Endnotes are preferred to footnotes.</li>
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<li>Do not use apostrophes in decades; thus 1920s not 1920's, and 80s not 80's.</li>
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<li>Ordinal suffixes (st, nd, rd, th) should be superscript. Elevation 33% and size 67%.</li>
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===Things to Avoid===
 
===Things to Avoid===

Revision as of 20:18, 30 May 2017

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 (18 Aug. 1957).
  • Months are to be spelled out in the body of the article, but abbreviated in notes.
  • 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 should be used sparingly, as present software makes it difficult to place them at the bottom of columns, the default being to group them 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 1.
  • Notes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1].
  • Endnotes are preferred to footnotes.
  • Do not use apostrophes in decades; thus 1920s not 1920's, and 80s not 80's.
  • Ordinal suffixes (st, nd, rd, th) should be superscript. Elevation 33% and size 67%.

Things to Avoid

  • Do not use double spaces; condense them all to single spaces.
  • Do not place spaces at the start or end of paragrahs.
  • Do not use spaces for formatting. Use indent or tabs if required.
  • Do not put blank lines between paragraphs.
  • Do not link frames or illustrations to pages; link them to paragraphs.

English Admonitions

  • When inserting a parenthetical phrase, any following comma goes outside the parentheses.
  • When a parenthetical phrase at the end of a sentence is itself a whole sentence, place the period for the main sentence at it's end (before the parentheses), and place the period for the parenthetical sentence within the parentheses.


Citation Standards

These are based largely upon Chicago, but changes have been made to provide greater consistency and to extend the range of sources. Examples follow:

Fundamental principle
Author. "Title of article or chapter, if any" in Title of book. Access date for online sources. Publisher or access method. Page numbers.
Book
Firstname Lastname. Title of Book. City: Publisher, 18 August 1957, p. 000.
United States. Journal of the House of Representatives. 00th Congress, p. 000.
Book, second citation
Lastname. 1957. pp. 00-00.

If only one title by the author, the date may be omitted.

Census
Government agency. 1957 Census: Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA. National Archives Microfilm #A00-00, p. 000, Firstname Lastname.
Census Online
Government agency. "1957 Census: Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA" in Website Author or Owner. "Web Page Name" in Website Name. Accessed 18 August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page. National Archives Microfilm #A00-00, p. 000, Firstname Lastname.
Journal
Firstname Lastname. "Title of Article" in Journal Title, (Volume:Number), Issue number, 1957. City: Publisher, pp. 000-000.
Letter
Firstname Lastname. Letter to Firstname Lastname. 18 August 1957. Location of original.
Letter on website
Firstname Lastname. Letter to Firstname Lastname. 18 August 1957, in Website Author or Owner. "Web Page Name" in Website Name. Accessed 18 August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.
Document
Firstname Lastname. Government document name. 18 August 1957. Archives holding document. Details needed for access.
Unique items
Lastname Family Bible. Copy in possession of author.
Vital Records
Jurisdiction. Vital Records. Accessed 18 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 August 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.



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