minor portions of a book, [1] but they should never be compacted in composition. As capitals occupy much more of the type body, and have no ascending or descending strokes or lines to break up their monotony, they require a much wider leading and a broader spacing than are given to text letters in lower-case.
Where one thin lead is used between the lines of a lower-case text, at least two and sometimes three leads are needed to make consecutive lines of capitals sufficiently readable. This method is approved by the publishers of all modern books.[2]
TITLES OF CORPORATIONS
The first word and the leading words of the titles of corporations, and of all organized assemblies or societies, should begin with a capital letter.
- The Board of Education of the City of New York.
- The Senate and Assembly of the State of New York.
- The Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
When, for the sake of brevity, the full title of a corporate body is not given, but is shortened, as
- ↑ For Capitals express Dignity, where - ever they are Set, and Space and Distance also implies stateliness. Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises, p. 225.
- ↑ William Morris of the Kelms-cott Press held to a different practice, which is accepted by some of his disciples. Following the fashion of a few of the early printers, who had not then learned the value of leads, he recommended that all words be close spaced and lines be kept close together, making no excep tion for lines of capitals. For an illustration of the two methods, see page 203 of this book.
