
24 Jul Newsletter Style Sheet
Fearrington Homeowners Association
Published by The Newsletter Staff
The following styles and practices will be used by The Newsletter staff. To the extent those submitting can follow these practices, it will be appreciated as it saves editing time, but is not required. Fonts are noted here for newsletter staff’s purposes only. For general editing decisions the newsletter staff will also rely on The Associated Press Style Book.
Topic | FHA Newsletter Style Guidelines |
Attribution | • Informational articles should contain the name of the author • Attribution is welcome, but not necessary for club and group announcements |
Formatting | • Paragraphs are flush left • One space, not two, between sentences |
Fonts | • Georgia – headings & sub-headings • Tahoma – article text |
Spelling & Hyphenation | Words frequently used in our newsletter should appear as: • email (noun, verb) |
Abbreviations | • Do not use periods with most abbreviations (US; NC; PhD) |
Capitalization | Capitalize: • The Board or FHA Board; The Barn; The Gathering Place; The Directory (FHA Directory) Do not capitalize: |
Punctuation | • Use the serial comma for lists, e.g. visual arts, music, and fun • Periods and commas go inside closing quotation marks: “…reappraisal in many quarters.” • Use an em dash (not a hyphen) for interrupting words/phrases, such as: rare day—or year—in my life. |
Italics | • Italics for books, movies, and titles • Italics for emphasis (not boldface, all caps or underscoring) • ” ” Quotes around song titles and lecture titles • Underscore web sites and email addresses • No underscore for phone numbers • Boldface for dates, times and event locations |
Numbers, Units of Measure & En Dashes | Use figures for numbers or units of measure over 10, but spell out a number that starts a sentence • 1-inch thick |
Dates & Times | • Always spell month in dates: November 15 • Do not include the year in dates, unless needed for clarity • 7:00 pm • 9:00 to 11:30 am, BUT 11:30 am to 3:00 pm • 12:00 noon OR 12:00 pm • Meeting on November 10 (NOT 10th) |
See also The Newsletter Guidelines