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The Odd Thing about Font and Line Sizes

When you select a font, you select its size in a unit called “points.” But the font face also affects the visual size of lines and type on the page.

June 22, 2020 Â· 5 min Â· J. David Stark
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How to Justify Your Title Page Text Blocks in No Time

You can save yourself a lot of time by letting Word handle title page formatting—particularly when you’re vertically justifying the title page text.

June 15, 2020 Â· 3 min Â· J. David Stark
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How to Prepare Your Title Page Text Blocks

If you delegate your title page formatting to Word, you can save time formatting. A key preparatory step is to properly segmenting your title page text.

June 8, 2020 Â· 4 min Â· J. David Stark
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How to Actually Format Your Title Page Text

If you delegate your title page formatting to Word, you can save yourself time spent formatting.((Header image provided by Etienne Girardet.)) You can also end up with a title page that’s more precisely formatted. To start delegating your title pages to Word, there are four basic steps. The first of these is to capitalize and center your title page text. ...

June 1, 2020 Â· 5 min Â· J. David Stark
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Why You Need to Delegate Your Title Pages

You can space your title page content simply by entering blank paragraphs. But if you do so, you set yourself up for more work and at least three problems.

May 25, 2020 Â· 3 min Â· J. David Stark
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The Fundamentals of How to Format a Title Page

To pass your title page formatting off to Word, you need to start by understanding what SBL style requires in formatting your title page.

May 18, 2020 Â· 3 min Â· J. David Stark