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THIRDEDITION
Completely
Revised
EASILY
ACCESSIBLE
INFORMATION
SAVES
YOU
VALUABLE
TIME.An extensive Table of Contents,an exhaustive Index, functional
cross-references,
plus many expandedand updated features, give you adependable time-saving tool.
If
you are a
writer,
editor,proofreader, or printer, or are involvedin any way
with
words, this
newly
updated edition, based on studies by
Marjorie
E. Skillin, Robert M. Gay,and other authorities, is an essential
part
of your reference shelf.
 
Completely Revised
WORDS
INTO
TYPE
Third
Edition
"In the years
since
its first publication,Words
into Type
has become a
classic
among style manuals, an invaluablereference
source
for many of the finepoints of grammar, usage, style, andproduction methods. Writers, editors,
copy
editors, proofreaders,
composi
tors,
and printers have turned to
Words into Type
with
the confidence
that,
whatever the problem, they
would
find help there. . . .
"The
third edition of Words info
Type
provides an overview of the many
processes
of transforming the
written
word
into
type—from
the preparationof the copy to the market-ready
work.
For
the
writer,
an understanding ofthe technical problems of copy-editingand typographical style may facilitate
his
preparation of the manuscript,
while
a knowledge of the various
stages
in production may explain
what
is
happening during the seemingly interminable
wait
for the final printedand bound product. For the editor,
copy
editor, compositor, proofreader,production
writer,
or printer, an understanding of the publishing
processes
outside his particular field may proveequally beneficial,
while
for the
stu
dent this survey offers a practical introduction to the
world
of publishing.
(Continued
on bock
Hap)
 
(Continvd
from
front
flap)
"The
book is organized
into
seven
parts,
each
dealing
with
a
different
aspect
of
production
but
interrelated
with
the others in the
information
pro
vided.
Part
I
concerns the prepara
tion
of the manuscript.
Part
II
discusses
the handling of copy, galleys, andpage proofs,
with
a separate sectionon the procedures for indexing.
Part
III
is a comprehensive guide for the
copy
editor,
and for the
writer
and
editor
as well, to the complexities ofcopy-editing style.
Part
IV
covers
the
specifics
of page makeup and typographical style, including the problemsof typography of various forms of
writing
and of
foreign
languages.
Parts
V and
VI
complement parts
III
and
IV
with
specific
discussions
ofgrammar and the use of words.
Part
VIII
deals
with
the methods, materials,and equipment involved in the composition of type and the reproduction ofillustrations. . . ."
—from
the Preface
PRENTICE-HALL,
Inc.Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey
883
•
Printed
in the
U.S.A.
of 00

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