FinalEyes: All Comments

Dear Yuka Igarashi. That's not a salutation as much as a term of endearment for your piece on copy editing. (Shouldn't that be one word?)

I was born a typographer and became a copyeditor (and proofreader) after the typesetting industry collapsed with the advent of the Mac. My design clients had taught me how to be a good typographer, and I became so persnickety about it that I couldn't read a book unless the type was at least cared for if not crafted. I remember reading an old copy of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," in which the type was so poorly kerned I had to quit the book.

Both copyediting and typography are hazardous trades — ones we would never willingly relinquish. And you gave such perfect voice to the passion.

Thank you.