Library of Formatting Examples:Italics/31A

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Although in every case I have told the tale in my own words, I am
indebted for the originals to Campbell's "Popular Tales of the Western
Highlands," Leyden's Poems, Hogg's Poems, Scott's "Border Minstrelsy,"
Chambers' "Popular Rhymes of Scotland," "The Folklore
Journal," etc.

/*
<sc>Elizabeth W. Grierson.</sc>

<i>Whitchesters, Hawick, N.B.,
12th April, 1910.</i>
*/

Italics in signatures

The signature is a "complete sentence," so period goes inside.

Location/date is one sentence (there's a comma), so a single italics markup pair is sufficient, and the period goes inside.

Upright (non-italic) numerals

We include the numerals in the italics. (Printers generally didn't have italics numerals.)

Right justified signatures

Signature is right-justified, so enclose it in no-wrap.

Line breaks in signature blocks

Location/date should remain on 2 lines, so enclose them in no-wrap to preserve that intention. In this situation, it's OK to put everything in one pair of no-wraps.

	Shared images. This page image appears in the following examples:
	Italics/31A, Small Caps/05A, No-wrap/04A

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