Augustan Omnibus

The Augustan Society, Inc., publishes a journal, presently semi-annually.

Formal title: The Augustan Omnibus: An International Journal of History, Heraldry, Genealogy, and Chivalry

Short title: The Augustan Omnibus

Informal title: Omnibus

Note: The Formal title should probably be expanded to include either "Royalty", "Nobility", or both. There has been some discussion of this point with the Royalty & Nobility Committee, but they seem conflicted about whether "Nobility" is sufficiently encompassing.

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Staff

The Omnibus staff is headed by the 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:

Assistant Editors, who work with authors to perfect their articles (and especially their list of citations);

Proofreader, who reviews completed articles for grammar, spelling, and may compare the article to the original; and a

Production Editor, who does the final formatting, printing, and distribution.

Style manual

The primary source of style is the Chicago manual:

The Chicago manual of style.
16th ed.
The University of Chicago Press, ©2010.

Unfortunately, this manual is not entirely consistent, nor does it cover all of the peculiar sources we find common. Obviously, it also lacks details of our typographic standards.

To address these two challenges, we have established our own Style Manual which should be adhered to.

Format

1. Page: 8½×11", 50# white, ½" margins, running head after Contents page.
2. Printed cover: 12×18" 65# card white, trimmed to 11×17" for full bleed, laser printer
3. Printed body: 11×17" 50# white, laser printer
4. Binding: saddle stitch
5. Fonts:
   1. Titles — DejaVu Serif bold 24pt centered
   2. Subtitles — DejaVu Serif bold 18pt centered
   3. Authors — DejaVu Serif Bold 12pt centered
   4. Text — DejaVu Serif 12pt justified, first paragraph with three-line drop cap, others indented, two-column with 0.2" gutter
   5. Captions — DejaVu Serif Italic 11pt centered
   6. Quotations — DejaVu Serif 11pt justified, indent 0.2" on both sides, open quotation marks hung, spacing 0.06" above and below.
   7. Table text — DejaVu Sans Condensed 10pt, bold header
   8. Bibliographic entries — DejaVu Serif 11pt left, 0.06" above.
   9. URL and email addresses — DejaVu Sans Condensed

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