Illustration Guidelines
1. Tables
The original Style Guide specifies that tables should be submitted in separate files. We now think that this is likely to create more work for authors without benefiting the production process. Please, therefore, set all tables as part of the text. Place them where you wish them to appear in the text, and set them as they should appear in the printed version.
Do not style headings, but use italics where you want to emphasize. Use, if possible, the tables function in Word or other word-processing programs to align the columns and rows. Tables should be numbered, have a caption, and have a footnote indicating the source of the data. If the table contains results from a survey, the exact question wording must be indicated below the table caption.
In the table caption, use capital letters only for “Table,” for the first word in the main part of the caption, and where essential, e.g. for any proper nouns.
In the table, use capital letters only for the first word of each column heading, for the first word of each item, and where essential.
Place any table notes immediately below the closing rule of the table, followed on a new line by the table source and credit line. Use superscript a, b, c rather than 1, 2, 3 or symbols as note cues (see the sample table).
For example:
Table 1 Basic data on the Baltic states
| Country and type of political system | Territory (1,000 sq. km) |
Population and % ethnic distribution | Official languagea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia Parliamentary republic | 45.2 | 1.32 million Estonians 68 Russians 26 Others 6 |
Estonian | |||
| Latvia Parliamentary republic | 64.6 | 2.29 million Latvians 59 Russians 29 Others 12 |
Latvian |
Source: Chwieroth (2007, 14)
a Where countries have more than one official language, the majority
language is listed.
2. Figures
The term “figures” includes line drawings (sketches, graphs, and flowcharts) and half-tones (photographs, radiographs, X-rays, and screenshots). Please submit your figures to the website as separate digital files. Please supply printouts of all electronic artwork on single-sided paper and at the size they are saved electronically. This acts as a recognition copy so Blackwell knows what the file should look like. Please send this hard copy to the project’s managing editor. Note that Blackwell prefers to receive figures in digital form because, if done properly, working with digital images enables us to produce the book faster and at a lower cost. Blackwell prefers that all electronic picture files be submitted as TIFF files, at 300 dpi. You should always keep high-quality copies of the images you submit regardless of whether they are digital files or originals.
Number figures consecutively within each chapter (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc.). Each figure should be cited within the text, e.g. “(Figure 2)” or “Figure 2 shows.” Provide a caption for each figure. Captions to figures and tables should be part of the main text, centered, and at the appropriate location. They should also be repeated with the tables and figures in their separate files.
3. Equations
Wherever possible, equations should be set as part of the text. They should be set as they will appear in the printed version. If you can write equations without the use of specific software please do so. For example:
a
+ b = c
d
+ e = f
Where d1 is equal to t-1
Number only the math equations that are referred to in the text. Present them in sequence beginning with “(1)” in parentheses to the right of the formula.
| Example: | |||
| a + b = c | (1) | ||
| d + e = f | (2) |
4. Supply of Electronic Illustrations by the Author
Line artwork
- Ideally the artwork should be drawn using decent illustration software such as CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia FreeHand.
- We recommend that the artwork is supplied as EPS files (Encapsulated PostScript).
- Each illustration should be given an identifiable filename, in the form “essay_title_image_01.”
- A hard copy should be supplied of each of the illustrations with the appropriate filename. The hard copy must match what the finished artwork will look like (CorelDraw tints sometimes corrupt when printing out using different software).
- It is essential to embed all fonts.
- Do not use tints below 10 percent or above 80 percent. Tints should be in no less than 10 percent intervals.
- For figures consisting of more than one element (e.g. parts (a), (b), etc.), supply the different parts separately.
Half-tones (continuous tones)
- Again we recommend that a decent software package such as Adobe Photoshop should be used for preparing half-tones.
- Half-tones should be supplied as TIFF files (tagged image file format).
- Scan to 300 dpi resolution at the final printed image size. (Higher resolution does not mean a sharper picture. If a picture is out of focus, scanning it at higher resolution will not make it sharper.)
Combination images (i.e. labeled half-tones)
- Ideally these should be supplied as EPS files with the half-tone as an embedded TIFF file scanned at 300 dpi.
- If the complete image is supplied as a TIFF file you need to scan at 600 dpi.
Scanned artwork
- Line illustrations should be scanned at an original resolution that will permit final output of at least 800 dpi.
For more detailed guidelines please visit the Blackwell Publishing website:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/prep_illust.asp
