Term Paper
University of Reason Department of Wisdom Winter Term 2011/12 Course: The Philosophy of Typography Teac
Example of a Decent Layout for a Term Paper handed in on 12 January 2012 by Christoph Fehige Student ID no. 248753 Philosophy (BA), fourth semester christoph.fehige@gmx.de Example Street 47, 91919 Urbs her: Dr. Adelheid Palatino
The title is not underlined, and neither is anything else in the paper. Bold type occurs, but only for headings and subheadings, not for emphasis within the main text.
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CONTENTS
1 The Status of This Document 2 Thofs alö icx reqüsayne 2.1 Ziu al qwko byosg 2.2 Gop htys optru 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 10 11 13
3 Fopo ul trefx wlxudf 3.1 Hief sopü wbc shudpx hrf kljhdsbdx? 3.2 Suptud gasb qükgs 3.3 Jpd ui bopufalerat gucb humely 3.4 Pirek al ufgx, piret al asaphem
4 Fitaz 4.1 Hutu ro feparev 4.2 Kusacilb
References
Words like »chapter« or »section« do not appear before the chapter or section numbers.
Only the pages on which a section starts are given.
The table of contents presents the headings (all of them) in exactly the wording in which they appear in the body of the paper.
The word »page« need not appear. If it appears, it does so above the column of page numbers only, not before every number in that column.
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1 THE STATUS OF THIS D OCUMENT
The most important thing about a term paper is its content: the arguments and thoughts it presents. But the form is not unimportant either. This document exemplifies and points out some features of a respectable layout and typography for a term paper. The operation is limited. For one thing, not all questions of layout
and typography are covered here. Secondly, there are also important formal questions – not covered here either – that fall outside those fields altogether: questions of grammar, orthography,
Example of a Decent Layout for a Term Paper handed in on 12 January 2012 by Christoph Fehige Student ID no. 248753 Philosophy (BA), fourth semester christoph.fehige@gmx.de Example Street 47, 91919 Urbs her: Dr. Adelheid Palatino
The title is not underlined, and neither is anything else in the paper. Bold type occurs, but only for headings and subheadings, not for emphasis within the main text.
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CONTENTS
1 The Status of This Document 2 Thofs alö icx reqüsayne 2.1 Ziu al qwko byosg 2.2 Gop htys optru 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 10 11 13
3 Fopo ul trefx wlxudf 3.1 Hief sopü wbc shudpx hrf kljhdsbdx? 3.2 Suptud gasb qükgs 3.3 Jpd ui bopufalerat gucb humely 3.4 Pirek al ufgx, piret al asaphem
4 Fitaz 4.1 Hutu ro feparev 4.2 Kusacilb
References
Words like »chapter« or »section« do not appear before the chapter or section numbers.
Only the pages on which a section starts are given.
The table of contents presents the headings (all of them) in exactly the wording in which they appear in the body of the paper.
The word »page« need not appear. If it appears, it does so above the column of page numbers only, not before every number in that column.
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1 THE STATUS OF THIS D OCUMENT
The most important thing about a term paper is its content: the arguments and thoughts it presents. But the form is not unimportant either. This document exemplifies and points out some features of a respectable layout and typography for a term paper. The operation is limited. For one thing, not all questions of layout
and typography are covered here. Secondly, there are also important formal questions – not covered here either – that fall outside those fields altogether: questions of grammar, orthography,