APPENDIX D.
Reading edition
Explanations of some of the Marks used in Correcting Proof.
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.
Marks a broken letter.
Space to be inserted.
A hyphen to be inserted.
A dash to be inserted.
A full stop to be inserted.
To join a word which it is not intended to divide.
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.
or To straighten a line which has been wrongly leaded perpendicularly or has something making the line crooked horizontally.
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.
Specimen Page showing Marked Proof.
Specimen Page Corrected.
