The practice of typography; correct composition; a treatise on spelling, abbreviations, the compounding and division of words, the proper use of figures and numerals, italic and capital letters, notes, etc., with observations on punctuation and proof-reading; (1910)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 139
ge will be equally unpleasing; a profu-sion of capitalized verbs or adjectives is always adisfigurement in any book. In recent English andFrench books of high merit a new method is infavor for the citations of the titles of books, for thelegend lines of illustrations, and for all runningtitles.… … VIIDIVISION OF WORDS )HREE systems, or attempts at system,for the division of words have beenin use for many years, but it does notappear that any one has succeeded insecuring the favor of all printers andpublishers. The system most approved now au-thorizes the division of a word, when…
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