"The graphical software package used by [Note Printing Australia] has no copy-paste mechanism and no spelling or grammar check. The text was manually typed in and misspelt at this point," according to a report into the error from the printing agency, dated January 11 this year."
Best method I've ever used for spotting misspellings in what I write: read the words you've written from last to first. Reading in this order breaks the prediction your brain does on what it expects to read next and stops you from filling in the words yourself or simply recognizing them by "shape" instead of reading each letter.<p>Of course this does nothing for grammar or general flow nor does it help you if you've spelled the wrong word correctly.
The funny thing is that this typo managed to pass through the inspection/review of so many different people. Related to the “copy & paste” between programs, this depends from which point of view someone looks at it, having to type/input information manually avoids copy&paste mistakes but on the other hand introduces human errors.
That’s the reason a good company should have reviews and a clear process for its software and documentation.
Australian here: I’ve seen the typo, it’s tiny.<p>It’s part of the anti forgery features where they write large amounts of text on a building in the background of the note.<p>You literally need a magnifying to see this error
I wonder what graphic design app they used. it's such a common problem with these types of apps.<p>they never include spelling and grammar features as default options.<p>I think I lost a job because of this reason. I even had a coworker proof read it. I can't spell :(
Once they correct the mistake, those notes will be worth a fortune to collectors in a couple decades.
Collectors love errors. And since the history is well documented online you get a bonus of free provenance.
This is the appropriate response to an error: "nobody died". I can't help but wonder what would have been the response if this happened in the US? I assume a full news cycle would be taken up with opportunistic politicians trying to score points by ascribing blame to their enemies.
The article mentions that the banknote passed multiple reviews before release, but doesn’t say who had the ultimate responsibilty for its being approved.