![]() “A glossary, also known as a vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms.”- Wikipedia Here’s an example of a glossary in a blog post, something that could easily become part of a book manuscript since it’s “evergreen” content. ![]() Although they are sometimes seen as a brief look into the terms of art used by another profession or area of study, glossaries have lots of other uses too. Glossaries can add real value to your book, whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. (Back matter are all those sections of additional information that follow the text of the book itself.) Glossaries Add Valueįor instance, consider the glossary, found in the back matter. Hanging indents can be useful in many places, and especially for many kinds of lists, and it’s that quality that makes them such a good typographic device in the back matter of books, where most sections are lists of one kind or another. In a hanging indent the first line is not indented, but all subsequent lines in the paragraph are. ![]() ![]() No, this is the opposite of a first line indent: it’s the hanging indent, which reverses the normal order. Not just any indent, like the kind you find at the beginning of paragraphs in a book. I write today in praise of the humble indent. ![]()
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