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

From the Preface
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.

Amazon.com Review
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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Preface 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 Right 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 Right 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

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