medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Tom Izbicki wrote:
>
> Galley proofs looked different from actual pages. I recall them as
> long sheets of paper, more like legal pages. Then you got more
> normal-looking page proofs for final approval.
Yes, galleys were produced before the type was divided up into pages and
imposed. Depending on the format, a galley proof would be about two pages
long. Nobody know when the were invented, probably late 18th/early 19th
century. I expect they used a roller proofing press (or just carefully
rollered the paper onto the type), saving the bother of imposing the type
only to take it out again to correct - any missed lines (quite common with
eyeskip) would cause chaos without galley proofs. Footnotes would be set
within the galleys, immediately below their indicator. Galley proofs only
made sense in the late cold metal and hot metal eras, but they persisted in
the computer-typeset era because page make-up was done by literally cutting
and pasting!
> A publishing friend once commented on how much his firm saved by
> eliminating the galley-proof phase.
I wouldn't mind betting he saved it by not doing the corrections :-) Any
actual cost saving would have been by the computer doing the page layout -
human nature being what it is, two stages of proofs are still necessary.
John Briggs
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