necessary to use small capitals for the second word to make the attempted distinction apparent.
| SO IT came to pass that Aucassin departed. |
Consolator optime, Dulcis hospes animse |
When a chapter begins with the proper name of a person, each part of the name of two or more words must be put in capitals or small capitals. When small capitals have been selected, the first letter of each word in this name should be in larger capitals to give the name the required distinction.
Hnery Wadsworth Longfellow, most admired
of recent American poets, is
When a large initial three or more lines high has been selected for the first letter of a new chapter, large capitals are occasionally used, but they sometimes meet with the old objection that they savor too much of the style of the short advertisement of newspapers. When this initial is an ordinary two-line letter, it should be selected of a height that gives to it exact alignment with the small capitals of the upper line as well as with the lower line of the text letter.
Providence made Mendelssohn a hunchback in order to teach the rabble in a very striking manner that men are not to be judged by outer appearance, but by inner worth.
Initial of proper height.
