Typically, when I am concerned with retaining title page formatting, I
use the normal tags (like <titlePage> <docTitle> etc) but add <lb />
to force linebreaks in the final output.

I often feel guilty that I am doing something "shady" with the TEI
markup, but I've never come up with a better way.  ;)

Josh

On 3/21/07, Patrik Nyman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Title pages in books are often laboriously formatted. In order
> to be able to reproduce this formatting, I see no other alternative
> than marking every line of text independendtly. But what element
> should be used? I can find nothing in the Guidelines which seems
> to fit. The following is an example of what I mean, with the
> imaginary element <line>.
>
> <titlePage>
>   <docTitle>
>     <line n="1">PEHR KALMS</line>
>     <line n="2">Mag. Doc. in Hist. Nat. &amp; Oecon. vid Åbo</line>
>     <line n="3">Academie, samt Ledamots af Kongl.</line>
>     <line n="4">Svenska Wetenskaps Academien</line>
>     <line n="5">WÄSTGÖTHA</line>
>     <line n="6">Och</line>
>     <line n="7">BAHUSLÄND-</line>
>     <line n="8">SKA RESA</line>
>     <line n="9">Förrättad</line>
>     <line n="10">År 1742.</line>
>     <line n="11">Med Anmärkningar uti Historia Na-</line>
>     <line n="12">turali, Physique, Medicine, Oeconomie,</line>
>     <line n="13">Antiquiteter etc.</line>
>     <line n="14">Jemte nödige Figurer.</line>
>   </docTitle>
>   <docImprint>
>     <line n="15">STOCKHOLM.</line>
>     <line n="16">Trykt hos <name>Lars Salvius</name></line>
>     <line n="17">På des egen kostnad <docDate>1746</docDate>.</line>
>   </docImprint>
> </titlePage>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Patrik Nyman
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