http://www.designandthrive.com Design & Thrive en-us webmaster@designandthrive.com http://www.designandthrive.com/members/148.cfm When creating charts, mailing labels, maps and tables, you may need to abbreviate either a state or an international nation. There are guidelines that should be followed. However, there are too many rules to remember! To this end, I created this is part 2 of a 3 part series of abbreviation charts. We'll go over the rules for abbreviating the states and international nations in mailing labels and other documents. http://www.designandthrive.com/members/143.cfm Good typography isn't something that is clearly seen but bad typography is immediately "spot-able". You can create all typography you do for print for the web. Don't look like an amateur, keep your professional edge -- online. 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