U. S. Government Printing Office Style Manual: An Official Guide To The Form And Style Of Federal Government Printing, 2008 (hardcover)

U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual An official guide to the form and style of Federal Government printing 2008 Production and Distribution Notes This publication was typeset electronically using Helvetica and Minion Pro typefaces. It was printed using vegetable oil-based ink on recycled paper containing 30% post consumer waste. The GPO St yl e Ma nua l will be distributed to libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program. To find a depository library near you, please go to the Federal depository library directory at http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/public.jsp. The electronic text of this publication is available for public use free of charge at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/index.html. Use of ISBN Prefix This is the official U.S. Government edition of this publication and is herein identified to certify its authenticity. ISBN 978–0–16–081813–4 is for U.S. Government Printing Office official editions only. The Superintendent of Documents of the U.S. Government Printing Office requests that any reprinted edition be labeled clearly as a copy of the authentic work, and that a new ISBN be assigned. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402-0001 I S B N 978-0-16-081813-4 (CD) II THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STYLE MANUAL IS PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND AUTHORITY OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER OF THE UNITED STATES Robert C. Tapella UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STYLE BOARD M. Michael Abramson, Chairman Ernest G. Baldwin Kevin M. Lane James T. Cameron Barbara Day Prophet Tony N. Gilbert Margaret V. Ross Michele Y. Harris Andrew M. Sherman Yalanda Johnson Pamela S. Williams Ex officio Olivier A. Girod, Managing Director, Plant Operations John W. Crawford, Production Manager, Plant Operations Dannie E. Young, Superintendent, Pre-Press Division M. Michael Abramson Fo reperson Proof and Copy Markup Section Sh ift 1 Terence D. Collins Foreperson Proof and Copy Markup Section Shift 2 Kenneth C. Puzey Foreperson Proof and Copy Markup Section Shift 3 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Representative Robert A. Brady, Chairman Senator Dianne Feinstein, Vice Chairman Representative Michael E. Capuano Senator Daniel K. Inouye Representative Susan A. Davis Senator Patty Murray Representative Vernon J. Ehlers Senator Robert F. Bennett Representative Kevin McCarthy Senator Saxby Chambliss Previous printings of the GPO St yl e Ma nua l : 1894, 1898, 1900, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1984, 2000 III EXTRACT FROM THE PUBLIC PRINTING LAW (TITLE 44, U.S.C.) § 1105. Form and style of work for departments The Public Printer shall determine the form and style in which the printing or binding ordered by a department is executed, and the material and the size of type used, having proper regard to economy, w orkmanship, a nd t he p urposes f or wh ich the work is needed. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1261.) Hist or ical and Revi sion Not es Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 216 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 51, 28 Stat. 608). IV About This Manual By act of Congress the Public Printer is authorized to determine the form and style of Government printing. The GPO St yl e Ma nua l is the product of many years of public printing experience, and its rules are based on principles of good usage and custom in the printing trade. Editors and writers whose disciplines have taught them aspects of style different from rules followed in this Ma nua l will appreciate the difficulty of establishing a single