Thinking with Type_ A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students - PDF Room

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delete and close up delete and cllose up

let it stand (stet) let it stand

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run in paragraph

start new paragraph start new paragraph

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change punctuation change; punctuation

insert hyphen insert hyphen

insert parentheses insert parentheses

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insert quotes insert quotes

capitalize capitalize

change to lowercase LOWERCASE

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paragraph

letterspace letterspace

close up clo se up

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transpose pose trans

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flush left flush left

indent 1 em indent 1 em

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superscript superscript 1

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spell out abbreviation spell out abbrev.

use ligature use ligature (flour)

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resolved by proofreader

Proofreader’s marks derived from The Chicago

Manual of Style and David Jury, About Face:

Reviving the Rules of Typography (East Sussex:

Rotovision, 2001). Marking conventions do

vary slightly from source to source.

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