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Capitals

INTRODUCTION
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When two or more quotations from the same author are used as mottoes, with reference to the works from which they are taken or the occasion on which they were said, the name of the author may be put in small capitals in a separate line, the name of the book or speech in italics, and the occasion in smaller roman type.
Numerous signatures to a document or petition, such as the _Mayflower Compact_ or the _Declaration of Independence_, are often set in columns using capitals for the initials and small capitals for the rest of the name.

Full capitals are too large for the purpose.
We therefore, the Commissioners for the Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Haven, do also, for our several governments, subscribe unto these.
JOHN WINTHROP, Governor of the Massachusetts THOMAS DUDLEY THEOPHILUS EATON GEORGE FENWICK EDWARD HOPKINS THOMAS GREGSON Dedications of books are commonly set in small capitals.

As these dedicatory formulas are ordinarily brief there should be wide leading, good display, and care as to margins.

The author will often give very definite specifications as to the arrangement of his copy in lines, and this will sometimes cause difficulty, occasionally compelling the use of too small type.

The author's specifications must be followed if he adheres to them.
Small capitals are much favored for running titles of pages.


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