Illustration Guidelines

1. Tables

All tables should be set as part of the text. Set them as they should appear in the printed version. Do not style headings, but use italics where you want to emphasize. Use, if possible, the tables function in Word or other word processing programs to align the columns and rows. Tables should be numbered, have a headline, and a footnote indicating the source of the data. In case that the table contains results from a survey, the exact question wording must be indicated below the headline.

• Use only capital letters for the first word in the table title (unless any proper nouns)
• Place the table source and credit line immediately below the closing rule of the table, above the footnotes. Table footnotes should appear below each table. Use superscript a, b, c rather than 1, 2, 3 or symbols (see the sample table).

For example:

Table 1: Journalists' Notions of Objectivity

Question: "In your view, how important is it that a journalist try to be as objective as possible?"

2. Figures

The term figures includes line drawings (sketches, graphs, and flowcharts) and halftones (photographs, radiographs, x-rays and screenshots). Please submit your figures to the website as separate digital files. These files can be uploaded to the Encyclopedia database as “artwork” (see submitting your entry). Please supply printouts of all electronic artwork on single-sided paper and at the size they are saved electronically. This acts as a recognition copy so Blackwell knows what the file should look like. In addition, if we cannot use the file, we will still be able to scan from the hard copy. Please send this hard copy to the managing editor who has been assigned to your area. Note that Blackwell prefers to receive figures in digital form because, if done properly, working with digital images enables us to produce the book faster and at a lower cost. Blackwell prefers that all electronic picture files be submitted as TIFF files, at 300 dpi. You should always keep high-quality copies of the images you submit regardless of whether they are digital files or originals.

Number figures consecutively within each chapter using the decimal method (Figure 1.1, Figure 1.2, Figure 2.1, Figure 2.2, etc.). Each figure should be cited within the text in parentheses, e.g. (Fig. 2.1). Provide a caption for each figure. Please indicate where each figure should be placed within a chapter by including a figure cue. For example, type “Fig. 1.1 here” where you want the figure to go in your entry, typically immediately after the paragraph in which the figure is first mentioned.

Captions should go at the end of the submitted entry.

3. Equations

Wherever possible equations should be set as part of the text. They should be set as they will appear in the printed version. If equations can be written without the use of specific software please do so. For example:

a + b = c
d + e = f
Where d¹ is equal to t^-1

Number only the math equations that are referred to in the text. The chapter number should come first, followed by a period, and then in sequence from one and placed in parentheses to the right of the formula.

EXAMPLE:
	a + b = c		(1.1)
	d + e = f		(1.2)

4. Supply of electronic illustrations by the author

Line artwork

• Ideally the artwork should be drawn using decent illustration software such as CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia FreeHand.
• We recommend that the artwork is supplied as EPS files (Encapsulated PostScript).
• Each illustration should be given an identifiable filename.
• A hard copy should be supplied of each of the illustrations with the appropriate filename. The hard copy must match what the finished artwork will look like (CorelDraw tints sometimes corrupt when printing out using different software).
• It is essential to embed all fonts.
• Do not use tints below 10%, and above 80%. Tints should be in no less than 10% intervals.
• For figures consisting of more than one element (e.g. parts (a), (b), etc.), supply the different parts separately.

Half-tones (Continuous tones)

• Again we recommend that a decent software package such as Adobe Photoshop should be used for preparing half-tones.
• Half-tones should be supplied as TIFF files (Tagged image file format).
• Scan to 300 dpi resolution at the final printed image size. (Higher resolution does not mean a sharper picture. If a picture is out-of-focus, scanning it at higher resolution will not make it sharper.)

Combination images (i.e. labelled half-tones)

• Ideally these should be supplied as EPS files with the half-tone as an embedded TIFF file scanned at 300 dpi.
• If the complete image is supplied as a TIFF file you need to scan at 600 dpi.

Scanned artwork

• Line illustrations should be scanned at an original resolution that will permit final output of at least 800 dpi.

For more detailed guidelines please visit the Blackwell Publishing website:

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/prep_illust.asp