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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure, or page numbers. See also glossary of key terms, pp. 823–40.

• hair space, definition of, p. 830
• half title, 1.5, 1.94, 1.101–3
  • second, 1.59, 1.103
• halftones
  • vs. continuous tone, 12.4
  • definition of, p. 830
  • dropout, p. 827
  • duotone, p. 828
  • example of, fig. 12.1
  • galleries composed of, 12.7
• hanging indention. See flush-and-hang style
• Hansard Parliamentary Debates (UK), 17.341–42
• Hausa language, 10.16–17
• have, has, and had, 5.119–20, 5.135
• he, him, and his, 5.51–52, 5.204
• headings
  • alphabetizing, 18.55–65
  • of book reviews, 1.156
  • in indexes, 18.6–13, 18.55, 18.128–29
  • for letters and diaries, 1.70
  • note numbers and, 16.32
  • proofreading of, 3.8
  • See also subheads
• headlines, 17.184, 17.189
• headline-style capitalization, 8.165–67
  • compound words, 8.168–70
  • documentation systems, 16.7, 17.56
  • journal names, 16.96, 17.159
  • legal citations, 17.280
  • vs. sentence-style, 8.165–67, 8.171
  • signs, notices, and mottoes, 8.209–10
  • subheads, 2.58
  • titles: magazine articles, 17.184; tables, 13.16; translated, 10.6–7; Web sites, 8.199; works, 8.175, 17.50
• headnotes
  • for bibliographies, 16.76, 16.80
  • for indexes, 18.117, 18.143, 18.145, 18.147, 18.149
  • for previously published material, 2.45
• heaven, hell, and such, 8.117
• Hebrew language
  • capitalization and italics, 10.112
  • diacritics, 10.110
  • resources on, 10.109
  • spelling, 10.111
  • transliteration of, 10.109
  • unromanized phrases, 10.114
  • vowel marks, 10.115
  • word division, 10.113
• help feature, for electronic books, 1.137
• Hepburn system (modified), 10.104–5
• her, hers, 5.52
• highways, 8.60, 9.55. See also addresses: mailing
• Hindu scriptures, 17.249
• historical, a or an with, 5.202
• historical and cultural terms
  • academic subjects and such, 8.91–93
  • acts, treaties, and government programs, 8.86–87
  • awards as, 8.33, 8.89
  • events: historical, 8.81; natural phenomena or disasters, 8.83; religious, 8.116; speeches, 8.82; sporting, 8.84
  • legal cases, 8.88
  • movements and styles: art and philosophy, 8.85; foreign terms as part of, 8.65; literary, 8.64; political, 8.55–56, 8.71–72, 9.51, 15.31; religious, 8.105
  • oaths and pledges, 8.90
  • periods: decades, 9.37; descriptive designations, 8.78; dynasties, 9.50; eras, 9.38; numerical designations, 8.77; prehistoric and modern, 8.80; traditional names, 8.79, 8.81
• holidays, 8.95
• home pages
  • of electronic journals, 1.118, 1.171, 1.174–76
  • punctuation of, 17.198
  • See also URLs
• homonyms, 6.45
• honorable, 8.35, 15.18
• honors, 8.31, 8.33, 8.89, 8.123, 8.182
• horticultural terminology
  • scientific, 8.127–35
  • vernacular, 8.136–38
• House Journal, 17.301
• House of Commons Debates (Canada), 17.329
• HTML, 10.14, pp. 823, 831
• humanities style. See notes-and-bibliography documentation system
• Hungarian language
  • capitalization, 10.50
  • names, 8.16, 18.77
  • special characters, 10.51
• hypertext links
  • added to printed work, 4.60
  • benefits of, 1.170–71
  • cross-checking of, 2.37, 3.43
  • description of, 1.182, p. 831
  • home pages and, 1.118, 1.171, 1.174–76
  • illustrations and, 1.185
  • between notes and text, 1.131
  • orientation of user, 1.135
  • possibilities in, 1.130, 1.170, 1.174
  • tables and, 1.184
  • via table of contents, 1.126
• hyphens and hyphenation
  • in compounds, 7.82; abbreviated, 6.85; adverbs ending in ly, 7.87; guide to, 7.90; multiple hyphens, 7.88; omission of second part of, 7.89; before or after noun, 7.86; phrasal adjectives, 5.92–93, 5.102; types of compounds and, 7.83
  • and dashes, 2.16, 6.80
  • English names with, 8.7
  • with ethnic and national group names, 8.42
  • in foreign names, 10.29
  • in gene symbols, 8.140
  • guide to, 7.90
  • in Japanese, 10.105–6
  • keyboarding of, 2.15, 6.80
  • marking of ambiguous, 2.60, 2.99
  • for mass number (chemistry), 8.159
  • in music writing, 7.71
  • in numeration, 1.76
  • proofreading for, 3.7, 3.11
  • and readability, 7.85, 7.88
  • for separating characters (e.g., telephone numbers), 6.82, 6.101
  • soft vs. hard, 2.99
  • “stacks” of, 3.11
  • in titles of works, 8.168–70
  • trend away from, 7.84
  • typographic considerations with, 7.45