Rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford · Oxford University Press
I. ENGLISH
Such divisions as en-, de-, or in- to be allowed only in very narrow measures, and there exceptionally. Disyllables, as ‘into’, ‘until’, &c., are only to be divided in very narrow measures. The following divisions to be preferred: abun-dance appli-cable corre-spon-dence depen-dent dimin-ish dis-connect estab-lish-ment impor-tance inter-est minis-ter pun-ish respon-dent Avoid such divisions as— star-vation, obser-vation, exal-tation, gene-ration, imagi-nation, origi-nally; but put starva-tion, &c. The principle is that the part of the word left at the end of a line should suggest the part commencing the next line. Thus the word ‘happiness’ should be divided happi-ness, _not_ hap-piness.[46] Roman-ism, Puritan-ism; but Agnosti-cism, Catholi-cism, criti-cism, fanati-cism, tauto-logism, witti-cism, &c. The terminations -cial, -cian, -cious, -sion, -tion should not be divided when forming one sound, as in so-cial, Gre-cian, pugna-cious, condescen-sion, forma-tion. Atmo-sphere, micro-scope, philo-sophy, tele-phone, tele-scope, should have only this division. But always print episco-pal (not epi-scopal), &c.[47] A divided word should not end a page, if it is possible to avoid it. _Italian._—Divide si-gnore (gn = _ni_ in ‘mania’), trava-gliare (gli = _lli_ in ‘William’), tra-scinare (sci = _shi_ in ‘shin’), i.e. take over gn, gl, sci. In such a case as ‘all’ uomo’ Italians divide ‘al-l’ uomo’ when occasion arises.[48] _Portuguese._—Divide se-nhor (nh = _ni_ in ‘mania’), bata-lha (lh = _lli_ in ‘William’), i.e. take over nh, ll. _Spanish._—Divide se-ñora (ñ = _ni_ in ‘mania’), maravi-lloso (ll = _lli_ in ‘William’), i.e. take over ñ, ll. III. For the division of French words, see p. 81; German, p. 90; Latin, p. 95; and Greek, p. 97.
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