Proofreader's graffiti

[rhu]

A block from my office (on Athanaeum Street beftween Second and Third, if you're in the Kendall Square area) there's a new building as part of the power plant, and a series of posters on the side of the building. The posters are a sort of modern graphic design lauding the virtues of the electric company.

One of the posters features the word "RELAIBILITY" [sic]

Today I noticed someone had marked it up with the standard copyediting symbol for reversed characters.

Comments

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

I've wanted to carry a white marker and a black one, one to remove apostrophes, and one to add them.

[violetcheetah.livejournal.com]

and those "quote marks" that people use for "emphasis." my company has been advertising in its daily newsletter a "new" service, with the quotes.

i was reminded of the banner that took up the bottom third of a big bulletin board at umass/boston in december several years ago, advising those who passed of the tickets available for handle's messia. i came out of class an hour later, and someone had put a red transposition mark at the "le" and added a tiny red "h" at the end. there was no room left for a full-sized one.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very cute! But... I thought your office moved?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Yes. From the east side of Athenaeum St. to the west side. (We're on the 17th floor of the back tower of what used to be the Thinking Machines building.)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Ah, OK... for some reason I thought it was further away.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the heads-up! I'll see if I have a chance to wander over there with my camera.