If necessary, tables can be set to fit to 1.5 column width and centered on the page to reduce unnecessary space. Footnote symbols: use the following key in order: *, §, ¶, ** (all in †, ‡, ∞,#, superscript font, except for asterisks) No full stop at the end of table captions in the table should be defined in the footnote. Abbreviation definitions should appear after any footnote symbols of x’ written in full if space otherwise of x’ ‘number ‘no. Typography and punctuation (single quotes rather than double ‘xxx’ “xxx”) (the correct mathematical symbol should be inserted by typesetters) rather than ≤ ad libitum (not italicised) an ellipsis should be made in Quark using and the semi-colon symbol. There ‘alt’ should be a space before and after the ellipsis eg, (abbreviation should only be used in brackets and with a comma appearing after, no full point) , etc, (abbreviation should only be used in brackets, and with no full point) ie, (abbreviation only used in brackets and with a comma only appearing after, no full points) ± Include a thin space either side of symbol Thin spaces should be inserted between a number and a unit in vitro (no hyphen, not italicised) in vivo (no hyphen, not italicised) and other journal names should be in italics JFMS L = left, R = right Magnification in figure captions: eg, x 200 No between < or > symbol and number/word (eg, >0.5, >preoperative) P No space between a number and ºC;,eg, 37ºC No between middle initials for names (eg, Arthur NM Wood) , respectively (a comma should come before respectively; eg, 12 and 14 female and male cats, respectively) Rounded brackets should be used first, with square brackets within, eg, (a [b + c]) T3, T4, (rather than T3, T4) TCID50 A thin space should appear either side of an = sign (eg, = 0.11) P Units and doses g (not gram) l/l
If necessary, tables can be set to fit to 1.5 column width and centered on the page to reduce unnecessary space. Footnote symbols: use the following key in order: *, †, ‡, §, ¶, ∞,#, ** (all in superscript font, except for asterisks) No full stop at the end of table captions in the table should be defined in the footnote. Abbreviation definitions should appear after any footnote symbols ‘number of x’ written in full if space otherwise ‘no. of x’ Typography and punctuation ‘xxx’ (single quotes rather than double “xxx”) (the correct mathematical symbol should be inserted by typesetters) rather than ≤ ad libitum (not italicised) an ellipsis should be made in Quark using ‘alt’ and the semi-colon symbol. There should be a space before and after the ellipsis eg, (abbreviation should only be used in brackets and with a comma appearing after, no full point) , etc, (abbreviation should only be used in brackets, and with no full point) ie, (abbreviation only used in brackets and with a comma only appearing after, no full points) Include a thin space either side of ± symbol Thin spaces should be inserted between a number and a unit in vitro (no hyphen, not italicised) in vivo (no hyphen, not italicised) JFMS and other journal names should be in italics L = left, R = right Magnification in figure captions: eg, x 200 No between < or > symbol and number/word (eg, P >0.5, >preoperative) No space between a number and ºC;,eg, 37ºC No between middle initials for names (eg, Arthur NM Wood) , respectively (a comma should come before respectively; eg, 12 and 14 female and male cats, respectively) Rounded brackets should be used first, with square brackets within, eg, (a [b + c]) T3, T4, (rather than T3, T4) TCID50 A thin space should appear either side of an = sign (eg, P = 0.11) Units and doses g (not gram) l/l