A manual of style : containing typographical and other rules for authors, printers, and publishers recommended by the University of Chicago Press, together with specimens of type.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1949.Edition: 11th edDescription: x, 533 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z253 .U69 1949
Contents:
Planning a book -- Proofreader's marks -- Typographical considerations -- The parts and their forms -- Rules for preparation of copy -- Capitalization -- The use of italics -- Quotations -- Spelling and abbreviations -- Punctuation -- Division of words -- Rules for composition of Greek -- Notes and footnotes -- Bibliographies -- Legends and captions -- Miscellaneious spacing -- Tables -- Mathematical composition -- Hints to authors, editors, and readers -- Preparation of manuscript -- Copyrights -- Preparing illustrations -- Estimating manuscripts -- Reading of proofs -- Hints to copyreaders -- Book copy -- Journal copy -- Hints to proofreaders -- Galley-reading -- Signing and sending proofs -- Page-reading -- Training a copyholder -- Hints to copyholders -- Forms for letter-writing -- Technical terms, symbols, and numerals -- Glossary of technical terms -- List of symbols -- Arabic, Roman, and Greek numerals -- Specimens of type -- Book and display faces -- Foreign type faces -- Arabic -- Coptic -- Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Ethiopic -- Greek -- Hebrew -- Syriac -- Russian -- Borders, rules, ornaments, etc. -- Monotype rules -- University of Chicago coat-of-arms -- University of Chicago Press imprints.
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Includes indexes.

Planning a book -- Proofreader's marks -- Typographical considerations -- The parts and their forms -- Rules for preparation of copy -- Capitalization -- The use of italics -- Quotations -- Spelling and abbreviations -- Punctuation -- Division of words -- Rules for composition of Greek -- Notes and footnotes -- Bibliographies -- Legends and captions -- Miscellaneious spacing -- Tables -- Mathematical composition -- Hints to authors, editors, and readers -- Preparation of manuscript -- Copyrights -- Preparing illustrations -- Estimating manuscripts -- Reading of proofs -- Hints to copyreaders -- Book copy -- Journal copy -- Hints to proofreaders -- Galley-reading -- Signing and sending proofs -- Page-reading -- Training a copyholder -- Hints to copyholders -- Forms for letter-writing -- Technical terms, symbols, and numerals -- Glossary of technical terms -- List of symbols -- Arabic, Roman, and Greek numerals -- Specimens of type -- Book and display faces -- Foreign type faces -- Arabic -- Coptic -- Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Ethiopic -- Greek -- Hebrew -- Syriac -- Russian -- Borders, rules, ornaments, etc. -- Monotype rules -- University of Chicago coat-of-arms -- University of Chicago Press imprints.