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When
other parts of the book are wide -leaded, and it is desirable that the contents should occupy two or more pages, the numerals that define chap-
may be put in a separate line in the centre of the measure, and there should be still broader blanks between the names or legends of the chapThis treatment should not be attempted in ters. ters
any book with solid text, for some uniformity of compactness or of openness should be maintained throughout the fore part of the book. When the words of a chapter heading are many and make a second line, the two lines may be braced and the page number put at the point of the brace, but the brace selected for this purpose should not be blacker than the type of the text. The leaders provided by the type-founders to connect letters with figures are not so pleasing as periods placed one em apart.
TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS This table, more irregular in
its
matter than the
table of contents, usually contains in its first line
the legend of the illustration, and near its ending the name of the designer, engraver, or photographer. Under the legend line are often put one or
more
lines of
small type.
added explanation, which may be in space and matter will permit,
When
an attempt should be made to keep the names of the artists in vertical
line, so
will note the distinction.
that the casual reader
Not a
little
ingenuity