OT: Index page ranges

[grant at hedgewizard.net]

My suspicion is that it was to save space/typesetting time; there may be a
standard as well (isn't there always? <g>)

Grant


On September 5, 2012 at 9:15 AM Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:

> Hi Framers,
>
> This is more of a curiosity than anything. I was browsing the index in a
> book last night and I noticed that at the end of page ranges, common numbers
> are suppressed. For example 244-7 instead of 244-247 and 138-41 instead of
> 138-141. Is this simply to save space, or is there some kind of style
> recommendation for this? Thanks for any insight.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> 585-283-5045
> rick at frameexpert.com
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