=== Format guide ===

aka Foam Publishing(tm) in-house style guidelines

suggestions in consideration of the designer's convenience ;-)

== …for final import-ready docs ==

  * cleaned up as much as possible (whitespace, etc.)
  * rtf format preserving local formatting only (bold, italics, etc.)
    * NOTE: ill have to check up on this, but i think either .txt or .doc are preferable, as indesign (if we are using it) does style, footnote and reference translation from .doc --nik
  * and optionally, basic style indications (headings, subheadings, body text)

== style/formatting guidelines ==

following are some key texts which constitute signposts for any judgements in matters of style, and rationales for editorial dictatorship.

  * Ritter, R. M. 2002. //The Oxford Guide to Style.// Oxford University Press.
  * Swan, Michael. 1980. //Practical English Usage.// Oxford University Press.
  * Strunk, William Jr. and E.B. White. 2000. //The Elements of Style.// 4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
  * Gowers, Ernest and Bruce Fraser. 1979. //The Complete Plain Words.// Harmondsworth: Penguin.
  * Angus, Joseph. 1862. //Hand-Book of the English Tongue: For the Use of Students and Others.// London: The Religious Tract Society. ;-)

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=== special notes ===
  * citation style to be confirmed