This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Journal of Textual Reasoning. In general, and where there is any doubt, please consult the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (= "CMS").

Formatting Requirements

• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word or RTF files are accepted).
• The editors will format your document according to our house style. Please submit as clean a document as possible.
• Do not use tabs or extra spaces to indent paragraphs.
• Do not include a title page.
• Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. These will be added by the editors.
• If figures are included, use high-resolution figures, preferably encoded as encapsulated PostScript (eps).
• Please copyedit your manuscript.

Citations

Submissions should provide complete citations for all sources in Chicago Style according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (="CMS"). Use the Notes and Bibliography method (bibliography is optional). The first note should contain a complete citation (CMS 14.19-23), and subsequent references should use a shortened citation (CMS 14.29-36).

When citing primary sources (e.g. Bible and rabbinic texts) or a source cited very frequently in the submission, you may use in-text parenthetical citations (CMS 14.58).

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.

Article Length

Most articles in the journal are between 6000-8000 words, while most responses and book reviews are 3000-5000 words. However, because this journal publishes electronically, page limits are not as relevant as they are in the world of print publications.

Colored text

Set the font color to black for the majority of the text.

Please ensure that there are no colored mark-ups or comments in the final version, unless they are meant to be part of the final text. (You may need to "accept all changes" in track changes or set your document to "normal" in final markup.)

Emphasized text

Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it.

Foreign terms

Foreign terms should be set in italics rather than underlined.

Headings

Headings (e.g., start of sections) should be distinguished from the main body text by their fonts or by using small caps. Use the same font face for all headings and indicate the hierarchy by reducing the font size.

Footnotes

Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper. Footnote numbers or symbols in the text must follow, rather than precede, punctuation.

Tables and Figures

To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must fit within 1.5" margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.