September 29, 2006
'The Chicago Manual of Style' Marks Its Centennial With an Online Version
CHICAGO RULES: In November 1906, a modest little book crept onto the publishing scene with a mouthful of a title. The Manual of Style: Being a Compilation of the Typographical Rules in Force at the University of Chicago Press, to Which Are Appended Specimens of Types in Use grew out of a style sheet kept in the press's composing room.
Fifteen editions and 100 years later, The Chicago Manual of Style has established itself as the press's all-time top earner. Its distinctive dust
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