85. What can you say of the use of capitals in different sorts of
matter?
86. How is the compositor guided in these cases?
87. How are capitals used in lines of large display?
88. How would you set a line of capitals containing an abbreviation or
other short word?
89. How may capitals be used in lines of advertising display?
90. Under what circumstances are combinations of different sizes and
styles of type permissible?
91. Are combinations of large and small capitals and lower-case
advisable?
92. What rule should be followed when lines of capitals are used in
books and pamphlets for headings and display?
GLOSSARY
FORMAL--Made in accordance with regular and established forms, or with
dignity and impressiveness: stiff.
GENERA--Plural of genus, a group for purposes of classification,
embracing one or more species.
GENERIC--Of or pertaining to a genus (see genera) as distinct from
specific, of or pertaining to a species (which see).
ORDINAL--That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a
series.
SPECIES--A group for purposes of classification subordinate to a genus
and composed of individuals having only minor differences.
VERSIONS--(Of the Bible) Different translations of the original into the
same or different languages.
TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES
The following list of publications, comprising the TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL
SERIES FOR APPRENTICES, has been prepared under the supervision of the
Committee on Education of the United Typothetae of America for use in trade
classes, in course of printing instruction, and by individuals.
Each publication has been compiled by a competent author or group of
authors, and carefully edited, the purpose being to provide the printers of
the United States--employers, journeymen, and apprentices--with a
comprehensive series of handy and inexpensive compendiums of reliable,
up-to-date information upon the various branches and specialties of the
printing craft, all arranged in orderly fashion for progressive study.
The publications of the series are of uniform size, 5x8 inches. Their
general make-up, in typography, illustrations, etc., has been, as far as
practicable, kept in harmony throughout. A brief synopsis of the particular
contents and other chief features of each volume will be found under each
title in the following list.
Each topic is treated in a concise manner, the aim being to embody i
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