I am proofreading a BSO (with the printed book at hand) that has photos on
nearly every page, most of them with captions (in mixed bold and italic font).
After inserting the bracketed [image removed] or [photo removed], I’m unclear
on how to handle the caption.
In an earlier book I proofed, I inserted [caption] in brackets before the
caption text, so it looked like this:
[photo removed]
[caption] Sharing chew toys: Branches are suitable for both guinea pigs and
rabbits.
No one in-house told me that approach was wrong, but I’m thinking it might have
been, because….
Although the BSO scan failed to capture many of the captions (and I have been
restoring them), the few that DO appear have the entire caption in brackets,
like this, with no bold or italics:
[caption: Sharing chew toys: Branches are suitable for both guinea pigs and
rabbits.]
So I am wondering about correct placement of the brackets, and also about
whether to retain the bold and italic type from the original book in the
caption (the original BSO scan did not).
Any Voice of Experience out there? I’m not finding an answer in the online
proofreading tips.
Beverly
