Proofreading Marks
校正記号 / 16th century– / Technique / Composition Technology
The sign language that corrects a typeset page in dialogue with its margins. The to-and-fro of deletion and restoration, the dele and stet of Western practice — the editing protocol that stands behind every typeset page, including this dictionary's.
Lines pairing text and margin / Deletion and restoration exchanges / Insertion and transposition signs / The hierarchy of red
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- JIS Z 8208 proofreading marks / dele and stet / the migration to digital proofing