Modern Catalan Typographical Conventions
Gabriel Valiente Feruglio · 1995
Many languages, such as German, English and French, have a traditional typography. However, despite the existence of a well-established tradition in scientic writing in Catalan, dating back to 1273 in the writings of Ramon Llull, and despite the early introduction of the Gutenberg printing press in Catalonia, where the rst printed book in Catalan appeared in 1474, there are not yet any standard encompassing typographical conventions for scientic writing. Typographical rules are proposed in this paper which reflect the spirit found in ancient Catalan scientic writings while conforming to modern typographical conventions. Some of these typographical rules are realized as a set of TEX denitions, and they are meant to be incorporated in Catalan extensions of TE Xa nd L ATEX. In addition, the proposal is also expected to contribute to the development of standard rules for scientic writing in Catalan.