TYPOGRAPHICAL STYLE.  Every newspaper and magazine has its own distinct typographical style in capitalization, abbreviation, punctuation, hyphenation, and the use of numerical figures.  Some newspapers and periodicals have a style book giving rules for the preparation and editing of copy.  A careful reading of several issues of a publication will show a writer the salient features of its typographical style.  It is less important, however, to conform to the typographical peculiarities of any one publication than it is to follow consistently the commonly accepted rules of capitalization, punctuation, abbreviation, and “unreformed” spelling.  Printers prefer to have each page end with a complete sentence.  At the close of the article it is well to put the end mark (#).

When a special feature story for newspaper publication must be prepared so hastily that there is no time to copy the first draft, it may be desirable to revise the manuscript by using the marks commonly employed in editing copy.  These are as follows: 

american                            Three short lines under a letter or a
=                                   word indicate that it is to be set in
-                                   capital letters; thus, American.

New York Times Two short lines under a letter or a = = = word indicate that it is to be set in — — — small capital letters; thus, NEW
                                    YORK TIMES.

sine qua non One line under a word or words indicates ——­ —–­ —–­ that it is to be set in italics;
thus, sine qua non.

He is a Sophomore An oblique line drawn from right to
                                    left through a capital letter indicates
                                    that it is to be set in lower
                                    case; thus, He is a sophomore.
          ____ _____
There are |10| in a |bu.| A circle around numerical figures or
          ---- ----- abbreviations indicates that they
                                    are to be spelled out; thus, There
                                    are ten in a bushel.
___________ _______
|Professor| A.B.Smith is |sixty|.  A circle around words or figures
----------- ------- spelled out indicates that they are
                                    to be abbreviated or that numerical
                                    figures are to be used; thus,
                                    Prof.  A.B.  Smith is 60.
     not a
It is complimentry to him A caret is placed at the point in the
     ^ ^ line where the letters or words written
                                    above the line are to be inserted;