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Marjorie E. Skillin & Robert M. Gay, "Words Into Type (3rd Edition)"

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In the years since its first publication, Words into Type has become a classic among style manuals, an invaluable reference source for many of the fine points of grammar, usage, style, and production methods. Writers, editors, copy editors, proofreaders, compositors, and printers have turned to Words into Type with the confidence that, whatever the problem, they would find help there.

The third edition of Words into Type provides an overview of the many processes of transforming the written word into type—from the preparation of the copy to the market-ready work.

For the writer, an understanding of the technical problems of copy-editing and typographical style may facilitate his preparation of the manuscript, while a knowledge of the various stages in production may explain what is happening during the seemingly interminable wait for the final printed and bound product.

For the editor, copy editor, compositor, proofreader, production writer, or printer, an understanding of the publishing processes outside his particular field may prove equally beneficial, while for the student this survey offers a practical introduction to the world of publishing.

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This is the definitive text for questions of manuscript protocol, copyediting, style, grammar, and usage. For those who find The Chicago Manual of Style a bit cumbersome and sometimes ambigous, Words Into Type will be a welcome reference guide. With its easy-to-use index and definitive explanations, this third edition makes life simpler for writers, editors, and proofreaders. You may never need to know about frontispieces and imprimaturs, but if you deal with words, this is a wonderfully edifying, reassuring fount of clarity and wisdom.

Contents

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Part I: Manuscript

 Technicalities of Form

  Physical Form

  Final Reading of the Manuscript

  Author's Alterations

  Editorial Marks

  Style

  Topical Heads

  Excerpts

  Footnotes

  Tables

  Bibliographies

  Illustrations

 Special Responsibilities of the Book Writer

  Front Matter

  Back Matter

 Legal Areas of Particular Concern to the Author

  The Copyright Law

  Libel

  The left of Privacy

Part II: Copy and Proof

 Workers on Copy and Proof

  The Editor

  Editor or Copy Editor

  The Copy Editor

  The Production Department

 Layout

  Introduction

  Front Matter

  Back Matter

 Work on Proof

  Introduction

  Galley Proofs

  Page Proofs

 Indexes

  Introduction

  Indexes by Names

  Compiling a Dictionary-Style Index

  Alphabetical Order

  Typography of Indexes

Part III: Copy-Editing Style

 Style

 Abbreviations

  Acronyms and shortened forms

  Agencies and organizations

  Beginning a sentence

  The Bible

  Compass directions

  Dates and time

  Dialogue

  Firm names

  Geographical terms

  Latin words and phrases

  Latitude and longitude

  Laws, constitutions, bylaws

  Measures, weights, and other units

  Medical terms

  "Number"

  Personal names

  Philological terms

  Plurals

  References

  "Saint"

  Scholastic, military, and civil honors

  Temperature and gravity

  Time

  Titles

  "Versus"

 Symbols and Signs

  Book sizes

  Chemical elements and compounds

  Chess

  Degree mark

  Mathematical signs

  Prime marks

  Times sign

  Trigonometry

  Standard signs and symbols

 Numbers

  Large numbers

  Small numbers

  Numbers with abbreviations

  Ages

  Beginning a sentence

  Use of commas

  Dates

  Decimals

  Degrees

  Dialogue

  Dimensions

  Divisions

  Elision

  End-of-line division

  Fractions

  House and room numbers

  Money

  Ordinals

  Page numbers

  Percentage

  Roman numerals

  Subscripts and superscripts

  Time of day

  Votes and scores

 Italics

  Book titles

  Characters in books and plays

  Differentiation

  Emphasis

  Foreign words

  Legal citations

  Letters

  Musical compositions

  Newspapers and periodicals

  Plays, movies, television series

  Resolutions and legislative acts

  Scientific names

  Sounds

  Thoughts

  Vessels, airplanes, spacecraft

 Capitalization

  Capitals to Mark Beginnings

  Titles, Headings, Legends

  Proper Nouns and Adjectives

 Punctuation

  Introduction

  Period

  Exclamation Point and Question Mark

  Colon

  Semicolon

  Comma

  Em Dash

  En Dash

  Two-Em Dash

  Parentheses

  Brackets

  Quotation Marks

  Apostrophe

  Hyphen

  Points of Ellipsis

 Compound Words

  Principles of compounding words

  Temporary compounds

  Form dependent upon meaning

  Names of kindred

  Two nouns of equal value

  Noun and possessive

  "Like"

  "Self," "Half," "Quasi"

  Adjective and noun

  Verb and preposition or adverb

  Number and noun

  Fractions

  Colors

  Compounds with present participle

  Compounds with noun plus "-d" or "-ed"

  Compounds with the past participle

  Adverb-and-adjective compounds

  Suspended compounds

  Phrases

 Division of Words

  General Rules

Part IV: Typographical Style

 Elements of Typographical Style

  Leading

  Spacing

  Indention

 Problems of Typographical Style

  Headings

  Initials

  Synopses

  Epigraphical Quotations

  Excerpts

  Footnotes

  Tables

  Captions and Legends

  Bibliographies

 Details of Page Makeup

  Folios

  Front matter

  Running heads

  "Widows"

  Long and short pages

  Headings

  Spacebreaks

  Poetry

  Columns

  Ditto marks

  "Continued"

  Illustrations

  Footnotes

 Typography of Various Forms

  Fiction

  Poetry

  Plays

  Writings on Religion

  Letters

  Legal Writing

  Mathematical and Scientific Writing

 Composition of Foreign Languages

  Danish

  Dutch

  French

  German

  Classic Creek

  Hebrew

  Italian

  Latin

  Norwegian

  Polish

  Portuguese

  Russian

  Spanish

  Swedish

 Phonetics

Part V: Grammar

 Verbs

  Voice

  Mood

  Tense

  Auxiliaries

  Agreement

 Nouns

  Number

  Possessive Case

 Pronouns

  Case

  Antecedents

 Adjectives and Adverbs

  Predicate adjectives

  Comparison

  Adjectives misused for adverbs

  Nouns as adjectives

  "Above"

  "Barely," "hardly," "scarcely"

  "Different"

  "Due to"

  "Very," "very much"

 Articles

  Indefinite Articles

  Definite Article

 Conjunctions

  Coordinating Conjunctions

  Subordinating Conjunctions

  Correlative Conjunctions

 Prepositions

  Terminal prepositions

  Allowable omissions of prepositions

  Incorrect omissions

  Faulty use of prepositions

  "Among," "between"

  "In," "into," "in to"

  "On," "onto," "on to"

 Sentence Structure

  Introduction

  Position of Modifiers

  Omissions

 Glossary of Grammatical Terms

Part VI: Use Of Words

 Wordiness

  Redundancy and pleonasm

  Tautology

  Circumlocutions

  Words and Phrases Often Used Superfluously

 Trite Expressions

 Appropriateness

 The left Preposition

 Words Likely to be Misused or Confused

 Spelling

  The "EI" or "IE" Difficulty

  Forming Derivatives by Adding Suffixes

  Troublesome Suffixes

  Formation of Plurals

  Formation of the Possessive Case

  Ordinary Words that Cause Trouble

 Foreign Words and Phrases

 Bibliography for Parts V and VI

  Dictionaries

  General Reference Works

 Book Publishers

Part VII: Typography and Illustration

 The Size of the Book

  Casting Off

  Trim Size

  Type Page

 The Mechanics of Composition

  Hot Metal Composition

  Type

  Type Measurement

  Classification of Typefaces

  Choice of Size and Face

  Computing the Length in Type

  Typesetting

  Cold Type Composition

  Photocomposition or Phototypesetting

 Sample Pages

  Proofs

 The Mechanics of Printing

  Letterpress

  Offset Lithography or Photo- Offset

 Illustrations

  Preparation

  Sizing

  Line cuts

  Halftones

  Benday screens

  Two-color illustrations

  Four-color illustrations

  Proofs

  Dummy

  Layout

 Paper

  General characteristics

  Texture

  Color

  Brightness

  Opacity

  Finish

  Weight

  Grain

  Bulk

  Permanence

  Computation of paper needed

 Book Sizes

 Binding

  Case-bound books

  Paper-bound books

  Mechanical-bound books

  Binding processes

 Bibliography

  Dictionaries

  General

  Graphic Arts

  Typographic Design

  Type and Typography

  Composition and Printing

Glossary of Printing and Allied Terms

Index& 8221;

Tags: qStyle, qEnglishGrammar, qWritingReference, qTypography, qEnglishExpressions

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