Style Guide
Follow Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition (CMoS), with the specifications listed below. If a style question is not answered here, please use CMoS as the first default authority (with Merriam-Webster online for considerations of spelling and hyphenation), followed by your personal taste and practices in your field.
Exceptions to the CMoS in punctum books's house style are listed below.
House Style (CMoS-based)
1. Spelling 1.1 Use US English spelling conventions. organize, utilize, color, center, jail, dr...
Exceptions to CMoS in the House Style
Based on the types of books punctum publishes, we don't always follows CMoS. Below you may find o...
Transliteration
In different humanities disciplines it is common to refer to certain concepts, names, and titles ...
Images, Tables, and Other Visual Elements
Visual elements such as images and tables must be provided separately and not included into the m...
Examples of Footnote References and Bibliographic Entries
1. Notes 1.1 Use footnotes rather than endnotes, as many of our books are read as PDFs and footn...