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PROOFREADERS' MARKS
Svmbol ll
4ot6otT
Example
rr,leaning
take/(-out
close up
print as
delete and close up
rt$r
caret
lnrelfp{*nclituii
insert a space
put ong$ere
ef#
space evenly
sp ac
,trt
let stand
let marked+er+stand as set
b
transpose
E
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tn
wherlindic
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ate d
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used to separate two or more
marks and often as a concluding
stroke at the end of an insertion
/
t
set fartlier to the
left
L
set farther to the
right
tqgl
set as ligature (such as
e)
too farto the rigfut
far to the left
encyclop6Edia
align horizontally
.1fiment
tl
align vertically
ll
r
broken character
imperfr:ct
tr
indent or insert em quad sPace
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begin a new paragraph
ll,n"u
t4P
set
in CAPITALS
set
in
set
in lowercase
or g,C.
TL
ltn(
out
sr'aet
align with srrrounding text
*t6fiD"s five por,rncls
@
SnV
word
$e
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cAPITALS
setlr, italic
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set nato as
NATO
setglgg!as
SIGNAL
set/outh as south
set oeuwe as oeuvre
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Proofreaders' Marks
rom
lset in roman
hf
in boldface
=or-/orlorl,fllf
I or Orr orf'ffnl
N
JA-t-{or efis1 141
set important as
'.|{I-.h,
important
multi-colored
dash
196512
em (or long) dash
Now-at last!-we know.
v
superscript or superior
9.s
t\
subscript or inferior
0*X
centered
+
comma
+
apostrophe
o
period
jo'i/
: or$
gO
set nenscfi as mensch
or
.t+
quotation marks
qr
brackets
utr'
$ for " centered dotnp . q
colon
parentheses
Jotl'
in Ha(l
semicolon
(/)
ox/t
4as
in nrz
query to author: has this been
set as intended?
"f^ *
push down a work-up
an nnintend
turn over an inverted letter
inve{ed
wrong font
wrong siZe or stylg
lThe last three symbols are unlikely to be needed in marking proofs of photocomposed matter.
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