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Capitals

INTRODUCTION
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If the matter is double leaded the salutation may go in a line by itself, otherwise conforming to the rules just given.
Reprints of formal inscriptions on tablets and the like are often made in small capitals surrounded by a border.

There should be a good relief of white space between the type and the border.
In the Bible and in hymn books the words LORD and GOD are usually set with full capital initial and the rest of the word in small capitals.
This is, of course, a method of showing veneration and at one time it was customary to print all names of spiritual or temporal dignitaries and magnates or even ordinary names in small capitals.

This practice still lingers in a few newspapers which print the names of persons, even those of small consequence, in small capitals, especially on the editorial page.
The tendency is steady toward the discriminating use of capitals, small capitals, and italics.

More and more we restrict the use of marks of emphasis to the really necessary places leaving the words to tell their story without outside aid.
SUGGESTIONS AS TO TYPOGRAPHIC USE OF CAPITALS Capitals are too strong to be used with Arabic numerals.

This fault of proportion is increased by the custom of casting Arabic numerals on an en body for table work, making them only half as thick as the type.


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