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Traditional spacing examples from the 1911 Chicago Manual of Style (Third Edition) [full page] |
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| Source | Manual of Style: A Compilation of the Typographical Rules in Force at the University of Chicago Press, with Specimens of Types in Use at the University Press , p. 101, at Google Books. |
| Author | University of Chicago Press |
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| MANUAL OF STYLE: TECHNICAL TERMS 101 |
| This line is spaced with em‐quads. | |
| This line is spaced with en‐quads. | |
| This line is spaced with 3‑em spaces. | |
| This line is spaced with 4‑em spaces. | |
| This line is spaced with 5‑em spaces. | |
| The letters in this word are hair‐spaced: A m e r i c a. | |
| This is a 3‑em dash: ⸻ | |
| This is a 2‑em dash: ⸺ | |
| This is an em‐dash: — | |
| This is an en‐dash: – | |
| 262. | Space evenly. A standard line should have a 3‑em space between all words not separated by other punctuation points than commas, and after commas; an en‐quad after semicolons, and colons followed by a lower‐case letter; two 3‑em spaces after colons followed by a capital; an em‐quad after periods, and exclamation and interrogation points, concluding a sentence. |
| 263. | If necessary to reduce spacing in a line, begin with commas, and letters of slanting form—i.e., with a large “shoulder” on the side adjoining the space; if necessary to increase, begin with overlapping letters—i.e., with “kerns” protruding on the side adjoining the space—straight‐up‐and‐down letters, and points other than periods and commas (in this order). |
| 264. | In a well‐spaced line, with a 3‑em space between a majority of the words, there should not be more than an en‐quad between the rest; this proportion |
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| 8202 | Thinner than thin space, but no relative size specified | |
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