3: Illustrations and Tables
- Overview
- 3.1Illustrations defined
- 3.2Tables defined
- Illustrations
- Types of Illustrations and Their Parts
- 3.3Continuous tone versus halftone
- 3.4Line art
- 3.5Text figures and plates
- 3.6Galleries
- 3.7Captions, legends, keys, and labels
- Placement and Numbering of Illustrations
- 3.8Placement of illustrations relative to text
- 3.9Text references to numbered illustrations
- 3.10Continuous versus separate numbering of illustrations
- 3.11Double numeration of illustrations
- 3.12Identifying the parts of an illustration
- 3.13Working numbers for unnumbered illustrations
- 3.14Numbering illustrations in a gallery
- Preparation of Artwork
- 3.15Submitting artwork to the publisher
- 3.16Identifying artwork for the publisher
- 3.17Author’s inventory of artwork
- 3.18Publisher’s inventory of artwork
- 3.19Cropping, scaling, and shading
- 3.20Artwork to be redrawn by the publisher
- Captions
- 3.21Format and wording for captions
- 3.22Formal titles in captions
- 3.23Separating illustration numbers from captions
- 3.24Using locators in captions
- 3.25Identifying symbols or patterns used in figures
- 3.26Identifying electronic enhancements in captions
- 3.27Including original dimensions in captions
- 3.28Illustration captions and accessibility
- Credit Lines
- 3.29Sources and permissions
- 3.30Placement of credit lines
- 3.31Crediting author as source of illustration
- 3.32Crediting material that requires permission
- 3.33Crediting commissioned material
- 3.34Crediting material obtained free of charge
- 3.35Crediting material in the public domain
- 3.36Crediting agency material
- 3.37Crediting adapted material
- Lists of Illustrations
- 3.38When to include a list of illustrations
- 3.39Listing illustrations from a gallery
- 3.40Shortening captions for a list of illustrations
- Charts
- 3.41Charts defined
- 3.42Consistency among charts
- 3.43Axes and curves in graphs
- 3.44Chart titles and labels
- 3.45Abbreviations in labels
- 3.46Genealogical and pedigree charts
- Tables
- Introduction
- 3.47Table preparation
- 3.48Use of tables
- 3.49Consistency among tables
- Table Numbering and Placement
- 3.50Table numbers and text references
- 3.51Placement of tables relative to the text
- The Parts of a Table
- 3.52Table structure and use
- 3.53Horizontal and vertical rules
- 3.54Table numbers and titles
- 3.55Parenthetical information in table titles
- 3.56Column heads
- 3.57Spanner heads
- 3.58Cut-in heads
- 3.59Stub entries
- 3.60Stub entries with subheads
- 3.61Runover lines in stub columns
- 3.62Abbreviations in stub columns
- 3.63Totals
- 3.64Using leaders with stub entries
- 3.65Table body and cells
- 3.66Column data
- 3.67Empty cells
- 3.68Matrixes
- 3.69Presenting multiple values in a single cell
- Cell Alignment and Formatting
- 3.70Alignment of rows
- 3.71Alignment of column heads
- 3.72Alignment of numbers within columns
- 3.73Alignment of columns consisting of words
- 3.74Format for totals, averages, and means
- 3.75When to use totals
- Notes to Tables
- 3.76Order and placement of notes to tables
- 3.77Acknowledging data in source notes to tables
- 3.78Notes applying to the whole table
- 3.79Notes to specific parts of a table
- 3.80Notes on significance levels
- Editing Tables
- 3.81Editing table content
- 3.82“Percent” versus “percentage”
- 3.83Number ranges
- 3.84Signs and symbols in tables
- 3.85“N” versus “n”
- 3.86Adjusting and checking tables
- 3.87Tables of more than one page (“continued” tables)
- 3.88Ensuring accessibility for tables