Line Breaks - typographical rules or guidlines?

[junglist]

Could someone please point me in the direction of a link which provides detailed typographical guidelines for handling line breaks in text.

Thanks You.

 

[MarcusStringer]

Have a look at

http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typerules/

Keeping in mind that there is more than one way to break a line

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[junglist]

Thanks for the link. Linebreaks and hyphenation seem to be one particular area of typography in which there is not a consensus on quite a number of points.

 

[MarcusStringer]

You are right, but there are some rules which are followed (loosely).

Different publishers will request different guidelines to follow eg.
some want
single quotes
spaced ellipses
spaced En dashes
2 hyphens in a row
no hyphens at the bottom of a recto page
Short word turnovers at the bottom of para's.
The list goes on and on and on

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[junglist]

"recto page" Is this just slang for a rectangular page, I've never heard this term before.

 

[MarcusStringer]

Sorry — (trade talk)
Recto pages are right hand pages (odd pages)
Verso pages are left hand pages (even pages)



Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au