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 or Fellow-citizens, italic lower-case may be used, with a colon (but no dash) at the end. In doubleleaded matter the salutation may be put in a separate line. The distinction sought by the use of the small capitals for any name is weakened when the small capitals are used too freely elsewhere. Small capitals, usually selected for the reprinting of formal inscriptions on tablets, are often inclosed in a rule border. Care should be taken to maintain a good relief of white space between the border line and the type.

In the Bible and hymn-books the words and, when specifying the Almighty, are often set in capitals and small capitals. Following this method of showing veneration, many printers of an earlier period put the names of all magnates, spiritual and temporal, in capitals and small capitals. Nor is this fashion entirely obsolete. There are journals of our own time that require the names of all persons, even when they are of small distinction, to be so emphasized. This treatment of names is rare in book-work, and should never be attempted without special order.

The old custom of putting a list of the names of the members of or subscribers to an association in lined columns of capitals and small capitals is still observed, but the fashion is declining. Italic lower-case has preference for signatures and plain roman lower-case for lists in the text.

Small capitals have been found much too weak