Interlace Style Sheet

Interlace Style Specifications:

Interlace: A journal of mathematics and fiber arts uses American spelling.
All references listed in the bibliography must be cited in the manuscript text, and vice versa.
Bibliographic style: Interlace uses the MathSciNet style. Authors can reproduce this style by entering their references into the publicly available (free) MRef, with author/title/journal on separate lines. For preprints or webpages, use
AuthorLast, AuthorFirst. Title. Year. Available at put-the-url-here.
Abstract: Many potential readers will use the abstract to determine whether or not to read a full paper. Therefore, it is important that the abstract be self-contained and not involve references to the bibliography. Similarly, avoid symbols where possible as the abstract may be propagated to non-LaTeX environments.
Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) codes: As many MSC codes as applicable should be listed with a manuscript, and these should be of the highest level of specificity (e.g. 05C15, not 05C or (shudder) 05).
Featured image: Authors are encouraged, but not required, to identify an image, perhaps a particular figure from the manuscript, that can accompany the title/abstract and catch the eye of potential readers.
Acknowledgements: If any, these should appear in a paragraph at the end of the body of the manuscript, preceded by the italicized word 'Acknowledgements.'
Units: All manuscripts must use SI units but may also use their Imperial equivalents.
Oxford comma: Use it. (Example: In a list we reference a first thing, a second thing, and a third thing.)
Use inclusive language in order to respect all readers. Pronouns should be gender-neutral and of the form ze/hir or they/their; using plural nouns will aid in clarity of communication in this regard. Be careful to avoid language that might convey superiority on the basis of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, socioeconomic class, physical ability, health condition, or religious and political persuasion. Similarly, remove bias, stereotypes, slang, and cultural assumptions from writing.
In choosing color for diagrams, keep in mind readers who have difficulty distinguishing certain colors (e.g. red-green or blue-yellow). It can be helpful to use multiple distinguishing characteristics (e.g. dashing or patterning in addition to color).
Every figure must have a caption. Be sure to explain all symbols used in a diagram, perhaps by providing a key. If a figure contains subfigures, use the 'subcaption' package.
Ensure that every figure and table has a textual reference.
An abbreviation or acronym should be spelled out with first use, and the abbreviation/acronym given in parentheses immediately afterwards. (Example: The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) should not be confused with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).)
Avoid footnotes; do not use endnotes.
Section and subsection headers should begin with a capital letter, but other non-proper nouns in the header should not be capitalized.
When referring to people, use first and last name on first mention and last name only thereafter. (Example: In 2006, Susan Goldstine gave a lively talk at the Joint Mathematics Meetings. Later, Goldstine gave another lively talk.)

LaTeX specifics:

Title page: Do not include a date.
Use only the default (Computer Modern) font.
Do not use PicTeX or pstricks; feel free to use TikZ.
Do not hard-code references; instead use \label and \ref.
Avoid commands that change vertical spacing such as \clearpage, \bigskip, \ pagebreak because they are likely to cause problems in the final formatting of the manuscript. If you need to use such commands for float control or readability, warn the editors at the time of manuscript acceptance.
Use floor and ceiling commands rather than square brackets.
For modular arithmetic, use \pmod.
Use italics when introducing a definition and also for emphasis (rather than using bold).
Vectors should use \vec rather than bold.
Use both begin\theorem ... \end{theorem} and \begin\proof ... \end\proof}.
Caption all figures and tables.
Use \begin{wrapfigure} ... \end{wrapfigure} as appropriate (or don't, but know that it will be used in publication). Skeletal instructions appear in the Publication Checklist.

We acknowledge the Journal of Integer Sequences and Discrete Mathematics for inspiration in forming the above text.