Proofread before printing
Time:2024-11-04
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1. Spelling and Usage
Pre-press team is pretty good at catching some familiar errors. Their vs. There. Its vs. It’s. Sound familiar?
What we can’t catch are problems with names or places. Be sure to double and triple check the spelling of a name when you receive a proof. Watch out for a last letter being chopped off when a designer cuts and pastes from a spreadsheet list of names. Be sure that auto-correct hasn’t changed what you intended to write into something else.
2. Phone Numbers and Contact Information
If we could only give one tip for better proofreading, We might say; Call the phone numbers listed in a document. Pick up the phone, and dial. Check the extension. Make certain no numbers were transposed during typing.
The same goes for email addresses, or twitter handles, or websites. Take your time and go through them. The last thing you want is for one mistake in your contact information to mean a customer can’t get a hold of you, and you need to reprint all your business cards, post cards, or letterhead.
3. Mind your edges, your folds, and your bleed
When you do your final proofread of a project for printing, you want to pay attention to all the areas where there are edges. The edges of the paper, the edge where paper is folded, and the edges of your images that fall into the bleed. More than anything else design-wise, these 3-things are notorious for causing headaches after something is printed.
Ask yourself: Does the image sit too close to the edge? Is the text too close to the line of a fold. Do I want this image or graphic element to bleed off the page?
For non-designers, use of printing words like bleed can cause quite a few blank stares, and maybe even a little fear. But it is an important thing to pay attention to on a proof.
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