U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual

U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2008)
United States Government Printing Office
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U.S. Government Printing Office

Style
Manual


An official guide to the form and style of Federal Government printing

2008

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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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.

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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.


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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
James T. Cameron
Tony N. Gilbert
Michele Y. Harris
Yalanda Johnson

Kevin M. Lane
Barbara Day Prophet
Margaret V. Ross
Andrew M. Sherman
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
Foreperson
Proof and Copy Markup Section
Shift 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
Representative Susan A. Davis
Representative Vernon J. Ehlers
Representative Kevin McCarthy

Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Senator Patty Murray
Senator Robert F. Bennett
Senator Saxby Chambliss

Previous printings of the GPO Style Manual: 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


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, workmanship, and the purposes for which the work is needed.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1261.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §216 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 51, 28 Stat. 608).


Contents
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  13. Standard word abbreviations
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  14. Standard letter symbols for units of measure
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  15. Standard Latin abbreviations
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    251
  16. Information technology acronyms and initialisms
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  25. U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents
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  26. Most Populous U.S. Cities by State
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  27. Principal Foreign Countries
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  28. Demonyms: Names of Nationalities
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    332
  29. Currency
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    334
  30. Metric and U.S. Measures
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    339
  31. Common Measures and Their Metric Equivalents
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  32. Measurement Conversion
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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