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

Primary source of style is the Chicago manual:

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

Specific points of style include:

• Serial commas in all situations — alpha, beta, and gamma
• Date format is day month year — 18 August 1957
• 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
• Footnotes, if not too numerous, shall use symbols — * † ‡ ** †† ‡‡
• Footnotes go at the bottom of columns, not grouped at the bottom of the page.
• Endnotes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text — [1], not ¹
• Endnotes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1]

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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