THE STATUS OF THIS DOCUMENT
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, language style, the correct identification of quotations and sources, ... Many formal points are treated in The Chicago Manual of Style, The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, and other publications of a similar kind. Thirdly, what we have here is an example of a way to do things. The example has some features to which there are acceptable alternatives.
Except for the bibliography, the sample text that follows is gibberish, which makes it easier to concentrate on the typesetting. All explanations appear in green type in grey boxes.
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