Page:The practice of typography; correct composition; a treatise on spelling, abbreviations, the compounding and division of words, the proper use of figures and nummerals by De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914.djvu/194

 Italic lower-ease, frequently approved by many authors, is not a good selection; for italic has kerns which are easily broken, and its inclined letters contrast badly with the upright arabic figures that have to be used to specify dates, pages, or years. When permitted, use roman for side-notes.

Cut-in notes, more troublesome than side-notes, are usually set in roman lower-case at least three sizes smaller than the type of the text. They need less space than subheadings. When set with a broad and clearly defined white line around each note they have distinction enough to compel the notice of a student. A short square of white space in the text is an unusual form which attracts attention, but it does not offend the eye, as does any kind of bold jobbing type, which spots the page like a blot of ink Request is often made by publishers, who wish to give to cut-in notes the boldness of subheadings, for types of a bolder face, like antique or condensed title-letter. These bold types are not wisely chosen for any standard book They may be used in school-books, but they carry with them the suggestion of the overbold display of the advertising pamphlet. Italic is objectionable not only for its frailty, but for its weaken-