Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:02:22 -0700 http://typesetterforum.com/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=242#Comment_242 http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=242#Comment_242 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:20:07 -0700 morinpatmorin
Some examples titles:

On the expected maximum degree of Gabriel and Yao graphs
Entropy, triangulation, and point location in planar subdivisions
Connectivity-preserving transformations of binary images
Carpentry and joinery: Algorithms and Applications

If necessary, I would make these into two-line titles as

On the expected maximum degree
of Gabriel and Yao graphs

Entropy, triangulation, and point location
in planar subdivisions

Connectivity-preserving transformations
of binary images

Carpentry and joinery:
Algorithms and applications

My "algorithm" seems to be to try and start the second line with an article (or break a line after a colon), but I'm not sure why I think this is any better than just letting software choose the location of the line break. Is there a guide on the "right way" to do this?

Thanks in advance,
Pat]]> http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=245#Comment_245 http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=245#Comment_245 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:56:30 -0700 evansreb
R]]> http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=246#Comment_246 http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=246#Comment_246 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:10:02 -0700 morinpatmorin
Pat]]> http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=272#Comment_272 http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=272#Comment_272 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:32:24 -0700 Jennifer Shoffey
You stated you broke headings after a colon. Is this a general rule in text design and editing? Or, is it just your preference? How would you run the heads and breaks in a 6 x 9 regular book, say of film criticism? I'm working on a book of such now and our editor requested that the subhead:

Mob Man to Tabloid Racketeer: Mobilizing the
Gangster Figure

be changed to read and break as follows:

Mob Man to Tabloid Racketeer:
Mobilizing the Gangster Figure.

Problem is, an earlier subhead with a colon was allowed to remain on one line. It read:

Unholy Partners: Curtains for the Tabloid Racketeer

Seem inconsistent if I follow her request. If I break one subhead at the colon, shouldn't all be break at it?

Since I come from the design side of things in text design, I tend towards how the heading and breaks look on a page, but even then, it's hard to make a decision on a break. I heard that a longer 2nd line is desirable for heading breaks. Is this a standard practice, too?

Thanks for any followup to this question. Love the forum! Hope it keeps up.

Jennifer]]> http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=278#Comment_278 http://typesetterforum.com/discussion/110/?Focus=278#Comment_278 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:16:16 -0800 evansreb
Mob Man to Racketeer: Mobilizing the
Gangster Figure in Modern Pulp Fiction

is preferable, IMHO, to

Mob Man to Racketeer:
Mobilizing the Gangster Figure in Modern Pulp Fiction

because the lines are too different in length, or to

Mob Man to Racketeer: Mobilizing the Gangster
Figure in Modern Pulp Fiction

because I prefer to keep the descriptive phrase "Gangster Figure" on the same line.

If the head is centered, then

Mob Man to Racketeer:
Mobilizing the Gangster Figure in Modern Pulp Fiction

would be ok.]]>