Vacat Measured in Lines

Space left on stone

A space should be used wherever there is an intentional space left on the support: i.e. a space that never contained text (vacat). If the space is measured in lines, the unit should have a value of "line".

‘(vac.3)’Silvio Panciera XI.2Josh Sosin
<space dim="horizontal" extent="3" unit="line"/>
<space dim="horizontal" extent="1" unit="line"/>

Transformation using the example EpiDoc P5 stylesheets:

  • London style:       vacat
InsAph: 1.24

Responsibility for this section

  1. Scott Vanderbilt, author
  2. Charlotte Tupman, author
Date: 2013-05-02