Library of Formatting Examples:Block Quotes
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"Block quotes" tags, sometimes also called "rewrap" tags, look like this:
/# ... #/
A "block" is full lines of text, sometimes running for several pages, that looks "different" from other text in the book. It may be in a smaller (or larger) font, have wider margins, have hanging indents, be preceded/followed by extra white space, or for some other reason require special handling. If the line breaks in that block need to be preserved, we enclose the text in no-wraps. If the line breaks do not need to be preserved (that is, if the text is "wrappable,") we enclose the text in block quotes. The text does not need to be a quotation, despite the term we use here. And sometimes, the difference is not obvious.
Block quotes can contain other block quotes and no-wraps, but no-wraps cannot contain block quotes, because nothing within a no-wrap can be re-wrapped.
Before reviewing these examples, make sure you are familiar with the Block Quotations and Out-of-Line Markup sections of the Formatting Guidelines.
Contents
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- 00A: Subheadings and chapter summaries
- 01A: Simple block quotes
- 03A: Hanging indents; lists
- 04A: Chapter summaries
- 06A: Block quotations; indentation
- 08A: Letters
- 09A: Poetry
- 10A: Letters and diaries; spacing of markup
- 11A: Font size changes; headings
- 12A: Hanging indents; nested markup; small caps
- 13A: Lists