Fearrington Homeowners Association, Inc.

24 Jul Newsletter Style Sheet

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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) • fundraiser • healthcare (adjective) • potluck • website
Abbreviations	• Do not use periods with most abbreviations (US; NC; PhD) • FHA (for Fearrington Homeowners Association…no need to spell out) • Most other abbreviations? Spell out first time in body of text, and then abbreviate thereafter, e.g. Fearrington Tennis Association (FTA) • Headlines – use abbreviations when possible • “And” – in general use the word and not an ampersand (&) in phrases and titles
Capitalization	Capitalize: • The Board or FHA Board; The Barn; The Gathering Place; The Directory (FHA Directory) Do not capitalize: • federal government
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 Quotation Marks Underscoring & Boldface	• 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 • …has 20 members • Thirty-one artists will show their works. • Treat related numbers alike: 3 men and 20 women • $15 (not $15.00) • Use “to” or an en dash in ranges: 8–10 people. But, use “to” when “from” precedes the range: from 20 to 30 people
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