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  2. Section sign - Wikipedia

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    It is common practice to follow the section sign with a non-breaking space so that the symbol is kept with the section number being cited. [1] [7]: 212, 233 The section sign is itself sometimes a symbol of the justice system, [a] [citation needed] in much the same way as the Rod of Asclepius is used to represent

  3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    word choice/wrong word: Incorrect or awkward word choice hr # Insert hair space: s/b: should be: Selection should be whatever edit follows this mark s/r: substitute/replace: Make the substitution tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected vf: verb form (Mostly used when translating) The version of the verb is used incorrectly e: ending

  4. Box-drawing characters - Wikipedia

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    The hardware code page of the original IBM PC supplied the following box-drawing characters, in what DOS now calls code page 437. This subset of the Unicode box-drawing characters is thus included in WGL4 and is far more popular and likely to be rendered correctly:

  5. Section (typography) - Wikipedia

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    An ornamental symbol used as section break does not have a generally accepted name. Such a typographic device can be referred to as a dinkus, a space break symbol, a paragraph separator, a paragraph divider, a horizontal divider, a thought break, or as an instance of filigree or flourish.

  6. Page layout - Wikipedia

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    In graphic design, page layout is the arrangement of visual elements on a page. It generally involves organizational principles of composition to achieve specific communication objectives. [1] The high-level page layout involves deciding on the overall arrangement of text and images, and possibly on the size or shape of the medium.

  7. Widows and orphans - Wikipedia

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    Most full-feature word processors and page layout applications include an automatic paragraph setting that prevents widows and orphans; thus, an orphan is forced to the top of the next page or column; and the text line preceding a widow is forced to the next page or column.

  8. Document layout analysis - Wikipedia

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    Detection and labeling of the different zones (or blocks) as text body, illustrations, math symbols, and tables embedded in a document is called geometric layout analysis. [2] But text zones play different logical roles inside the document (titles, captions, footnotes, etc.) and this kind of semantic labeling is the scope of the logical layout ...

  9. Column (typography) - Wikipedia

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    An example of a two-column layout (double folio) with caption. In typography, a column is one or more vertical blocks of content positioned on a page, separated by gutters (vertical whitespace) or rules (thin lines, in this case vertical). Columns are most commonly used to break up large bodies of text that cannot fit in a single block of text ...