ISO 8:1977 pdf download.Documentation - Presentation of periodicals
3.2 The title should define as precisely as possible the special field of knowledge and activity dealt with In the publication. If the title is in the form of an abbreviation, the meaning of the abbreviation should be given in full, in such a way that it cannot be confused with the actual title.
3.3 If the title has no obvious meaning, for example if it is made up of initials or of a word in the form of initials, the subject of the publication should be clarified by a subtitle which should follow the title, while being clearly different in its layout.
3.4 The title should be given in the same form wherever It appears. The title should be identical on the front cover, on the first page of the text or contents page and in the index. It may be given on the spine of each part in accordance with ISO...
In all other cases, for example in a running title, the title may be abbreviated in accordance with the international code for the abbreviation of titles of periodicals (see ISO 4).
3.5 If a change of title is necessary It should be made at the beginning of a new volume.
The former title should be given for at least a year after the change.
3.6 MultilIngual titles (parallel titles) are admitted with equal prominence for periodicals where all the texts are published in the different title languages or which arbitrarily use the one or other languages for each of the articles.
The order of the titles should not be changed from issue to issue.
4 ISSUE
4.1 All issues of a periodical should be of the same trimmed size, preferably ISO A series (see ISO 216). If. a change is absolutely necessary it should be made at the beginning of a new volume.
8.1 Typographic uniformity should be used in similar issues of a periodical. A variety of sizes and weights and other typographic and editorial methods should be used for distinguishing different issues of the text. The typography of articles, abstracts, abstracts sheets and bibliographical identification should follow the appropriate International Standard.
8.2 Typographic uniformity should be maintained from one article to another within the same publication, the variety of sizes and weights being used within one article to emphasize the titles of different sections and their order of importance.
The abstract contents list, footnotes and bibliography for each article should be set in sizes or weights of type different from those used for the rest of the text. For maximum legibility no character, subscript or superscript should be of a size less than 6 pt (2,5 mm).
In the choice of typefaces and their arrangement, ease of reading by methods other than direct viewing should be considered (automatic optical reading, microcopies, etc.).ISO 8 pdf download.