Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
ISSN: 0806-198X
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Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies: Style Sheet
Paper size (A4) and margins
Top: 5.2 cm; bottom: 6 cm; left: 4.8 cm; right: 4.8 cm
Gutter: 0; Header: 4.35 cm from edge; Footer: 3 cm from edge Gutter position: left
Text height: about 19.2 cm
Text width: 11.4 cm
Fonts, typesetting and copy-editing
Arial MS Unicode; Times New Roman (Vista version); JaghbUni; Lucida Grande (Mac).
font size: 11
footnotes: 10
footnote references: 8 (automatic)
block quotations: 10
poetry: 10
page numbers: automatic from word processor
title: 13 caps, centered, not bold, size 11 space after
author: size 11 italics, centered, size 11 space after
place/institution: size 10 small caps, centered, size 8 space after
abstract: font size 10, indent 0.4 cm before text, 0.25 after; begin with flush paragraph, 8 point space after
A-level subheads: 11 caps, centered, 12 points before, 6 after paragraph
B-level subheads: 11 italics, title capitalization, flush, 6 points before paragraph, followed by flush paragraph
C-level subheads: 11 italics indented with paragraph, followed by period
Line spacing: normally automatic, or single
Paragraph spacing: no extra leading
Paragraph indentation: 0,4 cm
Block quotation spacing: 6 points before and after
Block quotation indentation: none
Paragraph indentation in block quotations: 0,4 cm (Indent first line if it is the beginning of a new paragraph in the source.)
Poetry indentation, first hemistich: 0,8 cm
Poetry indentation, second hemistich: 1,2 cm
Notes may either be embedded in the text (author-date system) or placed at the bottom of the page as footnotes. Endnotes should not be used in fully formatted documents. The Journal does not require that all authors adhere to the same system for references to sources or other notes, but consistency is expected.
In US English, use the double quote character (“/”) for quotations, and the single quote (‘/’) for sub-quotations. Or the British system may be used if spelling is British. Please use “smart,” quotes, as here, and avoid confusing apostrophe with hamza or ʿayn, which are separate characters.
Adjectival and adverbial hybrids formed from foreign words (example: "Hanbalite") should not be italicized.
Authors of accepted manuscripts enter into an agreement with the Edinburgh University Press. For details see the JAIS Author Agreement .
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