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There was a discussion recently re the content of headers/footers which I
found quite useful ammunition to standardise what should be displayed and
where. What I'd like to know is does anyone know any guidelines re
separating the header/footer from the main text - e.g. line providing
definite break, "large" amount of white space, use of different
fonts/styles etc to differentiate from the body text. I lean towards using
a separator line and splitting the information between the header and
footer to give a balanced look. Another writer prefers everything in the
header with no separator and I wondered what others thought.
