THE OLD SCHOOL PRESS

Moments in the making of The Colours of Rome.

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Pairing up the pages

With my ugly paste-up in hand I turn to the type and work my way through the galleys, breaking off pages, making any adjustments that I decided on, and correcting any mis-casts or errors that I detected when I first proof-read the galley proofs. Each page is tied up and placed on a galley with the other page that falls on the same side of the same sheet - here I have put the type for pages 25 and 32 on the galley. When I've finished, the galley rack contains a galley for each side of each sheet that makes up the book and all is ready to go.