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 DIVISION OF WORDS

There is no system of dividing words that is wholly acceptableto all writers and printers. The general rule of the Riverside Press is to follow the divisions used in the full-faced type in the Vocabulary of the latest edition of Webster’s International Dictionary; but divisions sanctioned by other authorities may be used if bad spacing can thus be prevented.

Avoid turning over a final syllable of only two letters, except in narrow measure.

Avoid dividing a compound word except between its component parts.

Avoid dividing a word in the last line of a page.

Avoid divisions in more than three successive lines, unless very bad spacing would result.