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 that measure, but they can be narrowed or halfdiamonded with better effect. Display is damaged when there is much unbalanced irregularity in the blanks. When short lines are centred, displayed lines have the desired prominence, and the composition is made more symmetrical.

When two or more sizes of type are used on the same page, the paragraph indention of each size should be of uniform width. Foot-notes may be excepted when they are in half measure. When a foot-note in broad measure is a citation of authority not exceeding two lines, the first line may be full or nearly full, but the following line should be centred. The turning over in a separate line of the last syllable or of a few figures should be avoided by thin spacing when it is possible to do so.

When the first paragraph in a book is preceded by a summary of its contents or by a long text or motto under the chapter heading, or when a long rule or proposition within the text is followed by extended comment, the types and the indention of this specialized matter should be perceptibly different. A change in style as well as in size of type is needed to show a distinction in subjectmatter. For this purpose preference is often given to the hanging indention, which makes the first line the full width of the measure and indents one