Word: proofers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Andrew K. Mandel, FM proofer extraordinaire, checking e-mail. FM is very indebted to Andrew, who, unlike FM, genrally understands Crimson style, knows how to spell and can identify libel...
...night of the last press run of the 123rd Guard. The 124th Guard just had their own last press run; I suspect it was much like ours--the same tears, the same laughter, the same memories, and the same ink-stained hands. Like I did, the last thing the proofer did last night was sign off, with a -30- in the weather slug and the open book...
...proofer Thursday night of shoot week I was relegated to doing things by hand amidst all of our technology...
Trying to fit a perfect phrase (in the occasional circumstance that a headline writer comes up with one) into and awkwardly small spot on a page is just one of many tasks for which an assistant night editor or proofer is responsible...
Laying out pages can pose the same problems. A story can come to the editor or proofer in perfect printability and still be changed to fit the space available in the next day's paper...