Rational Island Publishers DRAFT Specs
To Editors’ List: editors@list.rc.org
Dear Treasured Editors,
Here’s one small aspect of what we do: we put all articles into our own consistent draft form before editing and laying them out. It would speed our process a bit if you set up a template or other system that will allow you to send us articles already in this form.
This is how we set up our drafts for editing. A sample is attached.
TYPEFACE
(FONT): Palatino
MARGINS
One inch all around.
ARTICLE TITLES
Initial caps (not all caps)
Bold
Aligned center
Type size: 18 points
Space between lines: 18 points
Spacing after the title: 12 points
HEADINGS
We usually use only one level of heading
All caps
Bold
Aligned left
Type size: 12 points
Space between lines: 18 points
Space before heading: 3 points
Space after the heading: 3 points
BODY TEXT
Regular font style (that is, not bold, not italics)
Type size: 12 points
Justified
First-line indent: at least .17 inches
Space between lines: at least 18 points
Space after each paragraph: at least 12 points
AUTHOR’S NAME
Full name
Italics
Aligned right
Type size: 12 points
Space after author’s name: none
AUTHOR’S LOCATION
City, state or province (unabbreviated), and country only, unless the author wants to be contacted by readers
Regular font style (that is, not bold, not italics)
Aligned right
Type size: 11 points
FURTHER TIPS FOR TEXT
Dashes:
We use long dashes with no space on either side (rather than two hyphens or one hyphen with a space before and after).
Emphasis:
Rather than all caps, we use italics, and sometimes bold.
Number of spaces after punctuation marks: 1 space
Love,
Karen Slaney