Overview of keywords and values used in the rendition ladder
The following is a list of the most common renditional keywords and their possible values. Where a value is given as [string] this means that the value can be any character string that does not include the following special characters: single or double quote, left or right parenthesis, greater than or less than sign, and equals sign. Where a value is given as [measure] this means that the value should be a number.
pre: [string]
post: [string] (for pre/post see 117)
slant: italic, upright [“upright” means non-italic] (see 119)
sub: [does not need an argument; use empty parentheses]
sup: [does not need an argument; use empty parentheses] (for sup/sub see 120)
case: allcaps, smallcaps, mixed (see 121)
columns: [measure; a number of tab stops] (see 122)
indent: [measure; a number of tab stops]
first-indent: [measure; a number of tab stops]
right-indent: [measure; a number of tab stops] (for all indentation, see 123)
align: left, center, right, inside, outside (see 124)
pos: up, down [for use with turned lines] (see 125)
place: inline, supra, infra, left, right, top, bottom, outside, inside, opposite, overleaf, inset-left, inset-right, inset-outside, inset-inside, foot, end, headspace, footspace, mixed (see 126)
break: yes, no [indicates whether an element starts on a new line]
bestow: [(rend ladder)(gilist)] [bestow rendition on descendants]
bequeath: [(rend ladder)(gilist)] [bequeath rendition on children] (for bestow/bequeath, see 128)
braced: [currently does not need an argument; use empty parentheses; used for curly braces used to mark line groups, groups within castlists, etc.] (see 129)