Chapter XIX: Appendix: D

Explanations of some of the Marks used in Correcting Proof.

Transcriber’s Note: It is not possible to give some of these marks in plain text; they are substituted with [symbol]. Refer to the HTML version for an illustration.

[symbol] Delete; to remove a letter or word not wanted.

_l.c._ Lower case; to be a small letter, and not a capital.

_cap._ Capital; to be a capital letter, and not a small.

_w.f._ Wrong fount; the letter is not the same type as the rest.

_trs._ Transpose; to alter the position of a line or word.

[symbol] Marks a broken letter.

# Space to be inserted.

= A hyphen to be inserted.

[symbol] A dash to be inserted.

[symbol] A full stop to be inserted.

[symbol] To join a word which it is not intended to divide.

[symbol] A quadrat, or some other piece not wanted, to be made not
to print.

_Indent._ To set back the line to the place marked.

_Gauge._ To bring up an indented line to the place marked.

[symbol] To straighten a line which has been wrongly
or leaded perpendicularly or has something
[symbol] making the line crooked horizontally.

[symbol] Marks a letter which has been turned upside down or
otherwise.

_Stet._ A word marked through by mistake and to be retained is
underlined with dots ......... and “stet” written in
the margin.