Rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford

GENERAL INDEX

NOTE.—The words ending in -able, -ible, -ise, -ize, and -ment, and also others, given in alphabetical order on pp. 9-37 (q.v.), are not repeated here.

A or an, use of, 39.
before contractions, 39.
Abbreviations, see Contractions.
in French, 82-4.
in German, 93-4.
-able, words ending in, 9.
Accented -èd in poetry, 45.
Accents in French, 78-9.
A.D., 47, 69.
Allardyce on Stops, &c., examples from, 64.
Alternative or difficult spellings, some, 15-24.
Ampersand (&), 43.
And (with and without comma), 57.
Anglicized words, set in roman, 35-6.
Apocrypha, contractions for books of, 42.
Aposiopesis, mark of, 62.
Apostrophe, in French names ending in -s or -x, 72.
in German, 94.
in place-names, 44.
in poetry, 45.
in possessive case of proper names, 71.
omitted in hers, ours, theirs, yours, 44.
thin space before, when to use, 49.
when to join close up, 44.
Asterisks, as reference signs, 70.
in philology, 48.
not to be used for marks of hiatus, 62.
Authors and their works, references to, 52.
Awkward divisions, &c., 53-4, 80-1.
B.C., 47, 69.
Beadnell on Spelling, &c., 55-61.
Bible and Prayer Book spellings, 9 (note).
Bible, contractions for books of, 41-2.
references to chapters and verses in, 52.
Book sizes—
4to, 8vo, 12mo, &c., need no full points, 42.
Book titles, italic or roman, 50, 52.
Brackets, 61.
Breaklines, length of, 49.
Capital letters, when to use in English, 46.
in French, 73-7.
in German, 88.
in lemmas, 67.
when accented in French, 78.
Chapter, first word in small caps., 48.
first line to be indented, 48, 50.
-ck preceding a suffix, 15.
Colon, the, 59.
Commas—
‘inverted’, 63.
use of, with adjectives and adverbs, 57.
with ‘and’, 57.
with more than three figures, 68, 84-5.
Compass, points of the, 43.
Compound words, 25-8.
plurals of, 15, 21.
Consonants, double or single with a suffix, 29.
Contractions generally, 41-5.
of colloquial expressions, 44.
of Latin words not in italic, 51.
of names of counties, 42.
of personal titles, 44.
of philological terms, 43.
of points of the compass, 43.
of references in footnotes, 43.
of references to manuscripts, 43.
of Scripture references, 41-2.
of sums of money, 51.
of titles of books, 44.
of weights and measures, 43.
Correction of proofs, marks used in, 98.
Counties, names of, abbreviated, 42.
Dagger † (= obsolete or deceased), 48.
Dash, the, 61.
Date at foot of title-page, 47.
Dates, how to print, 69, 84.
Decimal points, 69.
Deity, pronouns referring to the, 46.
De Vinne on Correct Composition, 55-6, 63.
Diaeresis signs, when to use, 17.
Difficult or alternative spellings, 15-24.
Digraphs and diphthongs, 41.
Division of words, English, 53-4.
French, 80-1.
German, 90.
Greek, 97.
Italian, 54.
Latin, 95-6.
Portuguese, 54.
Spanish, 54.
Double letters, in German, 93.
e before -able and -ment, 9, 24.
-ed, -èd, in poetry, 45.
Ellipsis, 49, 62.
Em rules, various uses of, 61-2, 70.
English words, how to divide, 53-4.
En rules, when to use, 69-70.
Erratum and Errata, when to print, 33.
ETC., ETC., &c., when to use, 43.
Exclamation, the note of, 60.
Extracts, how to print, 50.
Figures, commas with, 68-9.
First line of chapter, 48.
Footnotes, abbreviations in, 43, 51.
superior figures to refer to, 67, 70.
Foreign words and phrases, 35-7.
in roman, 35-6.
in italic, 36-7.
Foreign words, formation of plurals of, 31-3.
French language, works in the, 73-87.
abbreviations, 80-1, 82-4.
accented capital letters in, 78.
accented small capitals, 78.
accents, 78-9.
capital and lower-case letters, 73-8.
division of words, 81-2.
hyphens, 79-80.
metal-rules, 80.
metric signs, 83.
names ending in -s or -x, 72.
numerals, 84-5.
quotation marks, 86-7.
reference figures, 85.
roman and italic, 85.
space before comma, 80.
spacing generally, 80.
Full points, examples of use, 60.
for contractions, 43-4.
to denote omissions, 62.
when not to use, 42, 43, 68, 69.
German language, works in the, 88-94.
abbreviations, 93.
apostrophes, 94.
capital and lower-case letters, 88-9.
commas, 94.
division of words, 90.
double letters, 93.
full points, 94.
hyphens, 90.
in roman type, 91.
[𝔩𝔩], 92.
metal-rules, 91.
paragraph mark (§), 94.
prepositional and other prefixes, 90-1.
quotation marks, 92.
reformed spelling, 89-90.
ſ, 𝔰, 93.
spaced words, 90.
ſſ, 𝔰ſ, 92.
[ſ𝔷], 92-3.
suffixes 𝔩𝔦[𝔠𝔥], 𝔷𝔦𝔤, 91.
Greek words, how to divide, 97.
Guillemets in French, 86, 87.
Headlines, omission of points at end of, 67.
Head Master, note on, 25.
Hers, no apostrophe, 44.
Hyphens, use of, in English, 25-8.
in French, 79-80.
in German, 90.
-ible, words ending in, 11.
I’d, I’ll, &c. (no space), 44.
Indentation of first lines, 48, 50.
Initials with dates, 47.
Interrogation, the note of, 60.
‘Inverted commas’, 63.
-ise or -ize, words ending in, 12-14.
Italian words (some), how to divide, 54.
Italic type—
for mathematical theorems, 51.
names of books and periodicals in, 50.
names of ships in, 51.
words and phrases in, 36-7, 50-1.
Latin words, how to divide, 95-6.
lb., singular and plural form, 43.
Lefevre, T., Guide pratique du compositeur, referred to, 55.
Lower-case letters, for anglicized words, 47.
for contractions, 43, 47.
in French, 73-8.
in German, 88-9.
MS. = manuscript, contraction of, 43.
Marks used in the correction of proofs, 98.
Marks of omission, 62.
Marks of parenthesis, 61.
Mathematics, inferior in, 70.
theorems, in italics, 51.
Measures, contractions of, 43.
Medical signs, 48.
-ment, words ending in, 24.
Metal-rules in English, 61-2, 70.
in French, 86.
in German, 91.
Metric signs in French, abbreviations of, 83.
Money, contractions in sums of, 51.
Months, names of, contracted, 42.
New Testament, contractions for names of books of, 42.
Newspapers, in italic, 51.
Non-hyphened words, 25-8.
Nor and or, 40.
Note of exclamation, 60-1.
interrogation, 60.
Numbering of paragraphs, 70.
Numerals, arabic, 68-70.
in French, 84-5.
in German, 94.
roman, use of, 68-70.
O and Oh, 39.
-o, plurals of nouns ending in, 34.
Old Testament, contractions for names of books of, 41.
Omission marks, use full points for, 62.
Ours, no apostrophe, 44.
Page references, citation of, 69, 70.
Paragraphs, indentation of, 48, 50.
numbering of, 70.
spacing of last line, 49.
Parenthesis, marks of, 60-1.
Period or full stop, the, 60-1.
Periodicals, names of, italic, 50.
Philological works, contractions in, 43.
punctuation in, 67.
use of symbols in, 48.
Phonetic spellings, 38.
Place-names, use of apostrophes in, 44-5.
Plates, &c., references to, 47.
Plurals, formation of, in words of foreign origin, 31-2.
of nouns ending in -o, 34.
Poetry, ’d, -ed, and -èd in, 45.
quotations from, 45.
spacing of, 49.
Points (punctuation marks), 62.
decimal, 69.
full, when to omit, 42, 43, 68, 69.
in title-pages, &c., 67.
Points of the compass, 43.
Portuguese words (some), how to divide, 54.
Possessive case of proper names, 71-2.
Prefixes in German, prepositional and other, 90-1.
Pronouns, Deistic, capitalization of, 46.
omission of apostrophe in, 54.
Proofs, marks used in correcting, 98.
Proper names, adjectives derived from, 46.
common words derived from, 47.
possessive case of, 71-2.
PS. = postscript (one full point), 43.
Punctuation generally, 55-67.
colon, 59-60.
comma, 57-8.
dash, 61-2.
note of exclamation, 60-1.
note of interrogation, 60.
parenthesis, 61.
period or full stop, 60-1.
semicolon, 58-9.
Punctuation marks generally, 62-3.
in classical and philological notes, 67.
in relation to footnotes, 67.
quotation marks, 63.
when to precede, and when to follow, the closing quotation mark, 63-7.
Quotation marks, 63-7.
in essays, 63.
in French, 86-7.
in German, 92.
‘inverted commas’ (so-called), 63.
Quotations from foreign books, &c., 50.
poetical, 45, 63.
prose, 63.
when to break off, 50.
Reference figures in French, 84-5.
References generally, 52.
to authors and their works, 52.
to the Bible, 41-2, 52.
to footnotes, 70.
to manuscripts, 43, 52.
to periodicals, 50.
to plates, woodcuts, &c., 47.
in relation to punctuation marks, 67.
to Shakespeare’s plays, &c., 52.
to ships, 51.
Roman and italics in French, 85.
Roman numerals, use of, 68-70.
Roman type, German works in, 91.
anglicized words in, 35-6.
ſ, 𝔰, 93.
’s, thin space before apostrophe, when to use, 49.
Scripture references, 41-2, 52.
Semicolon, the, 58-9.
Shakespeare, spelling of the name, 23.
Shakespeare’s plays, references to, 52.
‘Shilling-mark’, 51.
Ships, names of, italic, 51.
Signs for reference marks, use of, 70.
special, 48.
Small capitals, when to use, 47.
Southward’s Practical Printing, quoted, 55.
Space before comma allowed, in printing French, 80.
Spaced words in German, 90.
Spacing generally, 49-50.
in French, 80.
in Greek, Latin, and Italian, 49.
of last line in paragraph, 49.
of poetry, 49.
Spanish words (some), how to divide, 54.
Special signs or symbols, 48.
Spellings, alternative or difficult, 15-24.
Bible and Prayer Book, 9 (note).
of old writers, 38.
phonetic, 38.
reformed German, 89-90.
sq., sqq., 70.
ſſ, 𝔰ſ, 92.
Streets, how to print names of, 46.
Suffixes, 29-30.
𝔩𝔦[𝔠𝔥], 𝔷𝔦𝔤, 91.
Superior figures and letters, 70.
[ſ𝔷], 92-3.
Theirs, no apostrophe, 44.
Title-pages, date at foot of, 47.
points in, 67.
Titles, personal, contraction of, 44.
Types, English names of, 100-2.
American point-system, 102.
Underlines, 50.
Vowel-ligatures, 41.
Weights and measures, contractions of, 43.
Woodcuts, plates, &c., references to, 47.
Words—
common, derived from proper names, 46.
ending in -able, 9.
ending in -ible, 11.
ending in -ise or -ize, 12-14.
ending in -ment, 24.
ending in -o, plurals of, 34.
ending with -ed or -èd in poetry, 45.
foreign, in italic, 35-6.
foreign, in roman, 36-7.
Yours, no apostrophe, 44.