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.

Web page on main site.

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. Styles:
   1. Header — DejaVu Serif italic 12pt
   2. Title — DejaVu Serif bold 24pt centered
   3. Subtitle — DejaVu Serif bold 18pt centered
   4. Author — DejaVu Serif Bold 12pt centered
   5. Text body — DejaVu Serif book 12pt justified, three-line drop cap (first paragraph only)
   6. Text body indent — DejaVu Serif book 12 pt justified, automatic indent
   7. Captions — DejaVu Serif Italic 11pt centered
   8. Quotations — DejaVu Serif book 11pt justified, indent 0.2" on both sides, open quotation marks hung (0.08"), spacing 0.06" above and below.
   9. Table text — DejaVu Sans Condensed 10pt, bold header
   10. Heading 1 — DejaVu Serif bold 18pt, spacing 0.18" above
   11. Heading 2 — DejaVu Serif bold 15pt, spacing 0.15" above
   12. Heading 3 — DejaVu Serif bold 12pt, spacing 0.12" above
   13. Bibliographic entries — DejaVu Serif 11pt left, 0.06" above
   14. URL and email addresses — DejaVu Sans Condensed
   15. All styles limit 2 lines for Orphans and Widows, no spacing expect as above

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