This is a true story: I have a client in the diary business. They design and manufacture custom diaries for their clients. All sorts. Diaries with hard covers, soft covers, gold leaf. Diaries with inspiration and imagery. And they proof their diaries very carefully before printing. But once, we very nearly let 1 500 diaries go [...]
Q: Is it draftsperson or draughtsperson? Drafting or draughting? Draftsman or draughtsman? A: As far as I know, or can tell from the experts I consulted on this, ‘draughting’ is used in relation to people who do drawings, rather than those of us who draft documents; i.e. write words. The drawers are draughtspersons. But the [...]
