Chicago Manual of Style

By University of Chicago

Book Id: WPLBN0002118018
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 20.75 MB
Reproduction Date: 9/1/1906

Title:	Chicago Manual of Style
Author:	University of Chicago
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Reference, Style Manual
Collections:	Authors Community, Education
Historic Publication Date:	1906
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Of Chicago, B. U. (1906). Chicago Manual of Style. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a book--the first edition of the Manual of Style, published in 1906. Now in its fifteenth edition, The Chicago Manual of Style--the essential reference for authors, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers in any field--is more comprehensive and easier to use than ever before. Those who work with words know how dramatically publishing has changed in the past decade, with technology now informing and influencing every stage of the writing and publishing process. In creating the fifteenth edition of the Manual, Chicago's renowned editorial staff drew on direct experience of these changes, as well as on the recommendations of the Manual's first advisory board, composed of a distinguished group of scholars, authors, and professionals.

Excerpt
Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had its own composing room with experienced typesetters who were required to set complex scientific material as well as work in such then-exotic fonts as Hebrew and Ethiopic. Professors brought their handwritten manuscripts directly to the compositors, who did their best to decipher them. The compositors then passed the proofs to the “brainery”—the proofreaders who corrected typographical errors and edited for stylistic inconsistencies. To bring a common set of rules to the process, the staff of the composing room drew up a style sheet, which was then passed on to the rest of the university community. Even at such an early stage, “the University Press style book and style sheet” was considered important enough to be preserved, along with other items from the Press’s early years, in the cornerstone of the new Press building in 1903. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and by 1906 the pamphlet had become a book: Manual of Style: Being a compilation of the typographical rules in force at the University of Chicago Press, to which are appended specimens of type in use—otherwise known as the 1st edition of the Manual. (See a facsimile of the 1st edition in PDF format.) At 200 pages, the original Manual cost 50 cents, plus 6 cents for postage and handling. Now in its 16th edition, The Chicago Manual of Style—with more than a thousand pages in print or more than two thousand hyperlinked paragraphs online—has become the authoritative reference work for authors, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers. This hundred-plus-year evolution has taken place under the ongoing stewardship of Chicago’s renowned editorial staff, aided by suggestions and requests from the Manual’s many readers. One of the most significant revisions was begun in the 1960s, led by the editorial team of Catharine Seybold (1915–2008) and Bruce Young (1917–2004), who rearranged, expanded, and updated the nearly twenty-year-old 11th edition (1949) and in doing so solidified the Manual’s position as the industry leader on style matters. This 12th edition (1969) had a first printing of 20,000 copies, which sold out before the publication date even arrived, and went on to achieve total sales of more than 150,000 copies—equaling the sales for the first eleven editions combined. With the publication of the 13th edition in 1982, A Manual of Style became The Chicago Manual of Style, a change that reflected the title most often used by the book’s audience. The 13th edition incorporated the new United States copyright regulations that became law in 1978, and the production and printing sections of the Manual were revised to discuss the phototypesetting technology that had begun to displace lead type as well as the old Linotype and Monotype metal-casting machines—technologies that dated from the end of the nineteenth century. Nearly 200 pages longer than its predecessor, the 13th edition also addressed, for the first time, the use of personal computers and word processors, which authors were just beginning to turn to in preparing their manuscripts. A decade later, computer word processing and desktop publishing were becoming the norm, and the 14th edition of the Manual (1993) addressed more systematically the role of computers in writing, editing, and publishing. Expanded to 936 pages, it reflected significant changes in style, usage, and technology, and contained new and more extensive editing examples based on requests from editors, authors, indexers, and teachers of publishing courses. Sales of the 14th edition reached nearly half a million copies, bringing the grand total of all Manual of Style sales to well over one million. Throughout the 1990s, the growing popularity of the World Wide Web changed everything once again. The web offered new ways of researching, new ways of communicating, and new ways of sharing content that led to significant changes in the publishing industry. To ensure the 15th edition (2003) would fully address these shifts in the cultural and professional landscape, Chicago’s editorial staff solicited the advice of the Manual’s first-ever advisory board—a distinguished group of scholars, authors, and professionals from a wide range of publishing and business environments. The staff also made an official call to users for suggestions and comments. The result was a comprehensive revision that fully reflected a wealth of new topics and updated perspectives.

Table of Contents
Preface Table of Contents Rules for Composition Capitalization The Use of Italics Quotations Spelling Punctuation Divisions Footnotes Tabular Work Technical Terms Appendix Hints to Authors and Editors Hints to Proofreaders Hints to Copyholders Proofreader’s Marks Index Specimens of Types in Use