Correcting accents, periods, commas, “b” and “v”, etc., are tasks inherent to orthotypography proofreading.
Style Proofreading
Orthotypographic proofreading does not investigate the meaning of the text, it is limited only to questions of form. On the other hand, style correction is based on a global reading of the text and a reflection on its meaning.
Style correction is the editing of a text to make it more understandable to the target audience. A style correction, although its name suggests it, does not eliminate the writer’s style. So, with this revision, your book will be improved, but without losing your stamp. When style correction is done, the following factors are taken into account:
- The purpose of the text
- The target audience
- The medium where it will be read
The author must clarify to the proofreader if the purpose of the work is to inform, entertain, sell, educate, etc. In addition, it will be considered whether it is for students, children, or people of a certain educational level. And it will affect the style if it is written for a website, a radio reading, a news report, or a novel.
When style correction, the qualities of the text are highlighted, giving it richness, creative writing, more coherence, and better expressiveness.
Orthotypography Correction
This is the revision through which grammatical, syntactic, typographical, and, of course, spelling errors are corrected. It is also used to correct the use of quotation marks, italics, capital letters, and bold letters. As its name indicates, this type of proofreading is very complete. It covers the text from the three main dimensions: spelling, grammar, and typography. It includes the correction of the following elements:
- Indexes
- Image captions
- Bibliography
- Graphics
- The footer
During this review, the text is improved in terms of aesthetics, readability, functionality, and greater communicative efficiency. The result is homogeneous writing at all levels with the minimum possible error.
What is the difference between style and orthotypographic proofreading?
Style correction
- Eliminates the use of jargon
- Resolve ambiguities
- Check verbs and their tenses
- Repairs gaps in the text
- Corrects grammatical errors
- Eliminates redundancies
- Corrects syntactic errors
- Adds connectors
- Eliminates pleonasms
- Adjusts to the updated RAE norms
- Revises the summary
- Adapts it to your target audience
Orthotypography correction
- Corrects spelling and punctuation
- Checks for character omissions
- Corrects the use of quotation marks
- Corrects spacing, indentation, and margins
- Corrects grammatical errors
- Corrects abbreviations
- Corrects symbols, figures, and other signs
- Correct use of italics and bold
- Correct use of capital letters
- Prepares the table of contents and pagination
- Correct use of periods and commas
- Corrects syntactic errors
An excellent work of art can have its reputation ruined if it is not carefully proofread. In every human action, faults occur; and writers, editors, and proofreaders can make mistakes. But it is not tolerable for errors to occur on many pages. This would indicate mediocrity and carelessness and would be detrimental to the success of the work.
These corrections are usually contracted separately. Some authors are just starting out and sometimes cannot afford to pay for both corrections. But if they opt for one, they should choose the correction of orthotypography. This is essential since punctuation and spelling must be impeccable in any good book.
It is ethical on the part of the writer and the publishing house to distribute a well-elaborated work, without defects, flaws, and spelling mistakes. The author’s name is always the data that relates the author to his book. A mediocre work, which does not meet the basic literary guidelines, would affect your reputation and that of the publishing house.