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Treatment of irregular illustrations
Illustrations of irregular shape that require types
them necessarily compel the overrunning of the composition. This process is always more tedious than the original composition, for the lines so treated must differ in length to be rearranged about
and may have to be repeatedly changed to prevent bad division or uneven spacing. Before overrunning
is
all
attempted,
text should be
alterations desired in the
made on
the galley proof.
To add
or cancel words after the type has been fitted to the illustration and made up in pages-will cost more
than the original composition. To preserve decent uniformity in spacing, it may be necessary, even after overrunning, to ask the author to change one word for another to make a line longer or shorter. The position of illustrations on a page is a question of taste usually determined by the author, but there is a general agreement as to the propriety of the following rules very small and narrow cut :
A
may
be put in the
centre of the measure, with the type rearranged on each side, but the type so rearranged should be
two distinct columns, to read down the and not across the cut. page If the cut is wider and will not permit decent spacing on each side, put the cut at one end of the measure, so that the type will be on one side only. Two or more cuts, not dependent on one another, appearing on the same page or on pages that face, treated as
should be kept far apart.