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Words into type / / a guide in the preparation of manuscripts ; for writers, editors, proofreaders and printers. Based on studies by Marjorie E. Skillin, Robert M. Gay, and other authorities.
LIBRA PN160 .S52 1974
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skillin, Marjorie E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Authorship.
- Printing--Style manuals.
- Printing.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Style manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 596 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition, completely revised.
- Place of Publication:
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1974]
- Contents:
- Part I Manuscript 1
- Technicalities of Form 3
- Physical Form 3
- Final Reading of the Manuscript 8
- Author's Alterations 9
- Editorial Marks 10
- Style 12
- Topical Heads 14
- Excerpts 17
- Special Responsibilities of the Book Writer 45
- Front Matter 46
- Back Matter 48
- Legal Areas of Particular Concern to the Author 48
- The Copyright Law 48
- Libel 52
- The Right of Privacy 54
- Part II Copy and Proof 55
- Workers on Copy and Proof 57
- Editor or Copy Editor 57
- The Production Department 61
- Layout 61
- Front Matter 62
- Back Matter 68
- Work on Proof 69
- Galley Proofs 70
- Page Proofs 74
- Indexes by Names 77
- Compiling a Dictionary-Style Index 79
- Alphabetical Order 90
- Typography of Indexes 93
- Part III Copy-Editing Style 97
- Style 99
- Symbols and Signs 120
- Numbers 125
- Italics 136
- Capitalization 142
- Capitals to Mark Beginnings 142
- Titles, Headings, Legends 146
- Proper Nouns and Adjectives 148
- Punctuation 172
- Semicolon 182
- Comma 184
- Em Dash 206
- En Dash 210
- Two-Em Dash 211
- Parentheses 211
- Brackets 212
- Quotation Marks 213
- Apostrophe 222
- Hyphen 223
- Points of Ellipsis 225
- Compound Words 226
- Division of Words 237
- Part IV Typographical Style 241
- Elements of Typographical Style 243
- Leading 243
- Spacing 244
- Indention 246
- Problems of Typographical Style 247
- Headings 247
- Initials 250
- Synopses 252
- Epigraphical Quotations 253
- Excerpts 253
- Number columns 257
- Tables without figures 258
- Ditto marks 258
- Captions 258
- Column heads or boxheads 259
- Captions and Legends 263
- Details of Page Makeup 269
- Typography of Various Forms 274
- Fiction 274
- Poetry 275
- Plays 276
- Writings on Religion 279
- Letters 280
- Legal Writing 281
- Mathematical and Scientific Writing 283
- Composition of Foreign Languages 288
- Danish 288
- Dutch 289
- French 289
- German 299
- Classic Greek 307
- Hebrew 310
- Italian 316
- Latin 318
- Norwegian 320
- Polish 320
- Portuguese 321
- Russian 321
- Spanish 327
- Swedish 334
- Phonetics 334
- Part V Grammar 339
- Verbs 341
- Voice 341
- Mood 342
- Tense 344
- Auxiliaries 347
- Agreement 349
- Nouns 357
- Number 357
- Possessive Case 358
- Pronouns 361
- Case 361
- Antecedents 362
- Adjectives and Adverbs 368
- Articles 372
- Indefinite Articles 372
- Definite Article 373
- Conjunctions 374
- Coordinating Conjunctions 374
- Subordinating Conjunctions 376
- Correlative Conjunctions 380
- Prepositions 381
- Sentence Structure 384
- Position of Modifiers 385
- Omissions 389
- Part VI Use of Words 405
- Wordiness 407
- Trite Expressions 411
- Appropriateness 415
- The Right Preposition 432
- Words Likely to be Misused or Confused 446
- Spelling 469
- The "EI" or "IE" Difficulty 469
- Forming Derivatives by Adding Suffixes 470
- Troublesome Suffixes 472
- Formation of Plurals 473
- Formation of the Possessive Case 478
- Ordinary Words that Cause Troble 481
- Foreign Words and Phrases 481
- Bibliography for Parts V and VI 487
- Book Publishers 488
- Part VII Typography and Illustration 489
- The Size of the Book 491
- Casting Off 491
- Trim Size 493
- Type Page 494
- The Mechanics of Composition 496
- Hot Metal Composition 496
- Type 497
- Type Measurement 501
- Classification of Typefaces 504
- Choice of Size and Face 506
- Computing the Length in Type 509
- Typesetting 511
- Cold Type Composition 511
- Photocomposition or Phototypesetting 514
- Sample Pages 516
- Proofs 517
- The Mechanics of Printing 518
- Letterpress 518
- Offset Lithography or Photo-Offset 519
- Paper 524
- Book Sizes 530
- Binding 530.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies.
- ISBN:
- 0139642625
- OCLC:
- 187458893
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