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Typesetting

General Guidelines

At the moment, viewing the Wikisource typesetting in the Google Chrome internet browser with 80% zoom provides a rough approximation of the original typesetting of the scanned document. This viewing method has been used throughout Volume I to construct the proportions of the digital typesetting. However, the Wikisource typesetting has been standardized, using the first dialogue, Charmides, as the primary model from the source scan; and Cratylus as a secondary model. The drop caps with several initial caps is from Charmides, and the convention of spelling out the full name of each character the first time they appear in a dialogue comes from Cratylus. The Wikisource typesetting is more consistent than the typesetting of the original scanned document. The variations in the original typesetting are viewed as unintentional artifacts of the physical production of the original book—necessarily involving a great deal of division of labor, compromises for the sake of profit, and a definitive date of publication. I have created the initial pages of most of the major sections of the work in an attempt to standardize the typesetting. —User:RH Swearengin, 2021-09-25.

Stephanus Pagination

One of the major assets of the Jowett translation of the works of Plato is the Stephanus pagination provided. An understanding of this reference system is essential before editing this work. Compare Page:The Dialogues of Plato v. 1.djvu/42 and Page:The Dialogues of Plato v. 1.djvu/48. —User:RH Swearengin, 2021-09-25.