1. SUGGESTIONS TO AUTHORS AND EDITORS
1.1. This Style Manual is intended to facilitate Government printing. Careful observance of the following suggestions will aid in expediting publication and in reducing printing expenditures.
1.2. Copy must be carefully edited in accordance with the style laid down herein before being sent to the Government Printing Office. Changes on proofs add greatly to the expense and delay the work.
1.3. Legible copy, not faint carbon copies, must be furnished. This is essential in foreign-language copy and in copy containing figures.
1.4. Copy should be sent flat, with the sheets numbered consecutively typewritten on one side of the paper only. If both sides of reprint copy are to be used, a duplicate must be furnished.
1.5. To avoid mutilation of copy, each page should begin with a paragraph.
1.6. Tabular matter and illustrations should be on sheets separate from the text, as each is handled separately during typesetting.
1.7. Proper names, signatures, figures, foreign words, and technical terms should be written plainly.
1.8. Manuscript and typewritten copy in a foreign language should be marked accurately as to capitalization, punctuation, accents, etc.
1.9. Footnote reference marks in text and tables should be arranged consecutively from left to right across each page.
1.10. Photographs, drawings, legends, etc., for illustrations should accompany the manuscript, each bearing the name of the publication in which it is to be inserted and the figure or plate number. The proper place for each text figure should be indicated on the copy by inserting its number and title. If the legends are placed on one or two sheets of the manuscript copy, it is preferable that the copy for the legends be placed at the beginning of the manuscript to facilitate the placing of the legends in the proper position.
1.11. A requisition for work containing illustrations must be accompanied by a letter certifying that the illustrations are necessary and relate entirely to the transaction of public business (44 U.S.C. 118). The total number of illustrations and the processes of reproduction desired should also be indicated. Instructions should be given on the margin of each illustration if enlargement or reduction is necessary.
1.12. If a publication is composed of several parts, a scheme of the desired arrangement must accompany the first installment of copy.
1.13. Samples should be furnished if possible. They should be plainly marked, showing the desired type, size of type page, illustrations if any, paper, trim, lettering, or binding; but they will not be considered as style for typesetting if they conflict with the rules in this Style Manual.
1.14. To expedite work production, avoid use of limited-equipment typefaces on text composition wherever possible. Special typefaces (usually faces other than Modern roman) with few fonts delay typesetting production. Refer to GPO Specimens of Type Faces (p. 2) to determine extent of type supply.
