Do not attempt to make a correction by writing over the print or between the lines. Errors marked in this way are in danger of being overlooked and are generally illegible.

Proofs read by authors or department readers should be marked to conform to the style as illustrated at the right.

9 Period.

i

CommA.

-

Hyphen.

Colon.

Semicolon. Apostrophe.

<^W^ Quotations.

Id

Em quadrat.

Si.

One-em daah.

Two-em parallel daah.

/

Push down space.

o

Close up.

•

Less space.

Caret-- left out, insert.

Turn to prop>er position.

#

Insert space.

c

or O

Move to left or to right.

n

or U

Move up or move down.

A^.

Transpose.

.....or

xM^t:

Let it stand.

^

Dele -- take out.

®

Broken letter.

Paragraph. No paragraph.

^^

Wrong font.

*^7 or

^.#

Equalize spacing.

Capitals. Small capitals. Lower-case. Superior or inferior.

:== or S-^^^xO/^ s= or /fi-.e..

>^or ^

nr J:taX. Italic.

/tyCTyXy. Roman.

Hj Bracketa.

f I ) Parentheses,

Proof-Reader's Marks.

Use a f{ood black pencil for proofreading and make the marks legible. So far as possible, a line of type should break on an idea. For divisions of words, use a dictionary.

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Chapter 52 SELECTION OF PAPER

AFTER the method of copying or printing has been decided I upon, paper suitable to the process chosen should be selected. In some cases a preference for a certain type of paper may be a determining factor in the selection of the copying or printing method. However, the usual procedure is to decide upon a method of reproduction and then to select the paper. For that reason, this chapter on Selection of Paper is placed immediately following the chapter on Methods of Printing.