Style Sheet: Key Points to Start With
This page provides key points from the full style sheet for all proceedings published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project. The full style sheet includes details, explanations, and examples.
Margins: For US letter paper (8.5" x 11"): left and right margins must be 1.38". Top and bottom margins must be 1".
For A4 paper (8.27" x 11.69"): left and right margins must be 1.24" (3.15 cm). Top margin must be 1" (2.54 cm), and bottom margin must be 1.69" (4.29 cm).
Before the title: At the top of the first page of your paper you must include the statement listed in the full style sheet.
Title: The title of your paper must be 18-point bold Times or Times New Roman. The title, author, and affiliation lines must be centered. See the full style sheet for capitalization rules.
Author and affiliation: After the title, skip a line, and put the author name(s) in 14-point bold Times or Times New Roman, centered.
AuthorA, AuthorB, and AuthorC
Skip two lines before the start of your text.
Author affiliations and optional contact information should be put at the start of the acknowledgments footnote, not immediately after the author name(s). You can repeat the author names in the acknowledgments footnote, as in:
* AuthorA, Smith College, author.a@example.edu. AuthorB, Brown University. Thank you to the audience at...
Fonts: The base font must be 10-point Times or Times New Roman throughout, for text, examples, diagrams, etc. References and footnotes must be 9-point.
Anything smaller than 9-point may not reproduce well in the printed proceedings and can be hard to read. When you format tables and figures, do not use font sizes that are too small to read comfortably. Either include the text at a readable size or leave that text out entirely.
When you generate the PDF file for your paper, make sure you embed ALL fonts. If you use a phonetic character font, you must embed that font or else most readers will see arbitrary letters or symbols instead of the characters you intended.
Line spacing: Everything must be single-spaced, not double-spaced.
Indents and justification:
1. Indent the first line of each paragraph 0.25 inch (0.64 cm).
2. Do not skip a line between paragraphs.
3. Text, footnotes, and references must be full justified.
Examples: Examples should be in the same font and font size as the text of the paper. Skip one line before and after examples.
Headings: Number all of your section headings and subheadings (including the introduction), starting with 1. After the section number, use a period and a single space. Do not use tabs or multiple spaces after a section number.
Headings must be 12-point bold, and subheadings must be 11-point italic (not bold). Subheadings should all be formatted the same way, even if you have multiple levels. All headings and subheadings must be left-justified. Put one blank line before and after headings, but do not put a blank line directly between a heading and a subheading.
Tables and figures: Tables and figures must be in their actual positions in the paper, not placed at the end or on separate pages. Do not use color in your tables and figures. Make sure that any text in your tables and figures is at a large enough font size to read easily.
Tables and figures should be crisp when viewed on screen and when printed. If they are blurry when the text paragraphs are crisp, this indicates that they are pasted in at a low resolution and cannot be published that way.
Appendices: If you have any appendices, these must come after all material except the references.
Footnotes: Footnotes must be in 9-point type, rather than the 10-point used in the text. They must be single-spaced, and must be full justified.
Acknowledgements footnote: You should include a first footnote containing a brief acknowledgement of any grant support, previous presentations of material at conferences or in print, and helpful comments from audiences or readers. This first acknowledgement footnote should be keyed with an asterisk (*) instead of a number. After this first acknowledgement footnote, your footnote numbering should start at 1.
References: After your text and after any appendices, skip one line and type "References" (in 12-point bold, left-justified). Then skip one more line and start the references. Do not skip lines between references.
The actual references must be in 9-point type, rather than the 10-point used in the text. References must be single-spaced, and must be full justified.
Each reference must use a hanging indent of 1/4 inch (0.63 cm.).
You may use any common format (LSA, MLA, APA, etc.) for the references, as long as you use that format for all of your references. If your preferred format requires first initials instead of full first names, we require one change to that format: You must include full first names for all authors and editors in your references unless they published the original work using only initials.
Page numbers: Do not put any page numbers on your paper.
Double spaces: Do not use double spaces unless you are pushing words apart within an example. After colons and periods only use one space.
Color: Do not use any color in your paper.
Fancy PDF features: Do not include forms, video clips, PDF annotations or comments, JavaScript actions, or links of any sort.
FINAL STEPS: Review the full style sheet, proofread your paper, check that your PDF file is searchable, and print out your PDF file so you review a printed copy.
Margins: For US letter paper (8.5" x 11"): left and right margins must be 1.38". Top and bottom margins must be 1".
For A4 paper (8.27" x 11.69"): left and right margins must be 1.24" (3.15 cm). Top margin must be 1" (2.54 cm), and bottom margin must be 1.69" (4.29 cm).
Before the title: At the top of the first page of your paper you must include the statement listed in the full style sheet.
Title: The title of your paper must be 18-point bold Times or Times New Roman. The title, author, and affiliation lines must be centered. See the full style sheet for capitalization rules.
Author and affiliation: After the title, skip a line, and put the author name(s) in 14-point bold Times or Times New Roman, centered.
Author affiliations and optional contact information should be put at the start of the acknowledgments footnote, not immediately after the author name(s). You can repeat the author names in the acknowledgments footnote, as in:
* AuthorA, Smith College, author.a@example.edu. AuthorB, Brown University. Thank you to the audience at...
Fonts: The base font must be 10-point Times or Times New Roman throughout, for text, examples, diagrams, etc. References and footnotes must be 9-point.
Anything smaller than 9-point may not reproduce well in the printed proceedings and can be hard to read. When you format tables and figures, do not use font sizes that are too small to read comfortably. Either include the text at a readable size or leave that text out entirely.
When you generate the PDF file for your paper, make sure you embed ALL fonts. If you use a phonetic character font, you must embed that font or else most readers will see arbitrary letters or symbols instead of the characters you intended.
Line spacing: Everything must be single-spaced, not double-spaced.
Indents and justification:
1. Indent the first line of each paragraph 0.25 inch (0.64 cm).
2. Do not skip a line between paragraphs.
3. Text, footnotes, and references must be full justified.
Examples: Examples should be in the same font and font size as the text of the paper. Skip one line before and after examples.
Headings: Number all of your section headings and subheadings (including the introduction), starting with 1. After the section number, use a period and a single space. Do not use tabs or multiple spaces after a section number.
Headings must be 12-point bold, and subheadings must be 11-point italic (not bold). Subheadings should all be formatted the same way, even if you have multiple levels. All headings and subheadings must be left-justified. Put one blank line before and after headings, but do not put a blank line directly between a heading and a subheading.
Tables and figures: Tables and figures must be in their actual positions in the paper, not placed at the end or on separate pages. Do not use color in your tables and figures. Make sure that any text in your tables and figures is at a large enough font size to read easily.
Tables and figures should be crisp when viewed on screen and when printed. If they are blurry when the text paragraphs are crisp, this indicates that they are pasted in at a low resolution and cannot be published that way.
Appendices: If you have any appendices, these must come after all material except the references.
Footnotes: Footnotes must be in 9-point type, rather than the 10-point used in the text. They must be single-spaced, and must be full justified.
Acknowledgements footnote: You should include a first footnote containing a brief acknowledgement of any grant support, previous presentations of material at conferences or in print, and helpful comments from audiences or readers. This first acknowledgement footnote should be keyed with an asterisk (*) instead of a number. After this first acknowledgement footnote, your footnote numbering should start at 1.
References: After your text and after any appendices, skip one line and type "References" (in 12-point bold, left-justified). Then skip one more line and start the references. Do not skip lines between references.
The actual references must be in 9-point type, rather than the 10-point used in the text. References must be single-spaced, and must be full justified.
Each reference must use a hanging indent of 1/4 inch (0.63 cm.).
You may use any common format (LSA, MLA, APA, etc.) for the references, as long as you use that format for all of your references. If your preferred format requires first initials instead of full first names, we require one change to that format: You must include full first names for all authors and editors in your references unless they published the original work using only initials.
Page numbers: Do not put any page numbers on your paper.
Double spaces: Do not use double spaces unless you are pushing words apart within an example. After colons and periods only use one space.
Color: Do not use any color in your paper.
Fancy PDF features: Do not include forms, video clips, PDF annotations or comments, JavaScript actions, or links of any sort.
FINAL STEPS: Review the full style sheet, proofread your paper, check that your PDF file is searchable, and print out your PDF file so you review a printed copy.