Formatting Manuscripts

Formatting Guidelines for Authors

• Do not center heads.
• Do not justify lines (use ragged right margin instead). Avoid extra spaces at the beginnings of lines.
• Do not hyphenate words at ends of lines, unless they are compound words that should be hyphenated wherever they fall.
• Do not use advanced formatting features intended to present the manuscript as it is to be published; minimally formatted text is more easily manipulated by editors and typesetters.
• Double space between paragraphs. Do not indent paragraphs.
• Do not use footnote or endnote formatting linking notes to note markers.
• Type subheads, titles and the like as isolated paragraphs.

Order of Elements in Articles

• Article Title
• Author Name
• Author's generic title (e.g. educator, artist), address
• Author address (postal and e-mail)
• Abstract (100 words summarizing article)
• Article text (with subheads, extracts and other special elements indicated in the margin of the printed manuscript)
• Appendices by author
• Acknowledgment
• References and Notes
• General Source Bibliography
• Glossary
• Biographical Information: 1-2 sentences about your occupation and relevant activities and affiliations.
• Figure Captions
• Tables and Charts: Give clear instructions as to where each belongs in the manuscript. Any tables or charts requiring typesetting, if submitted on computer disk, should be supplied in separate files and with clear printouts.

Please see our sample articles and sample layout for guidance.

Special Characters

Please mark on the printed manuscript any accented characters, especially those requiring accents other than those standard in Western-European languages. Also identify non-Latin characters, math characters, and such.

If possible, please use the following convention for dashes:

--- (three hyphens) for an em-dash (a long dash indicating a break in thought).

-- (two hyphens) for an en-dash, used in ranges of numbers, as in "1898--1906"

- (one hyphen) for hyphens in compound words.

Submitting Manuscripts Electronically

Leonardo produces its issues via electronic publishing. We encourage authors to supply manuscripts to the editorial office on computer disk or via e-mail to greatly speed production. Please note the following guidelines: