Typesetting & Copyediting Services

Meet VTeX — reliable LaTeX partner, recognized globally

VTeX provides typesetting, copyediting, and related services to STM publishing houses, university presses, and academic associations since 1991. With a wide experience in typesetting academic journals and books, we excellence in processing LaTeX materials with heavy mathematical content. High-quality typesetting services are accompanied by other necessary services, as artwork preparation or language editing, and LaTeX-oriented tools, like online accessible SkyLaTeX or the subject index preparation tool AKIS. Please contact us, we are willing to discuss your requirements and offer the most suitable configuration of services and tools.

Typesetting: quality control & LaTeX expertise

Our main production environment is LaTeX. Using this document preparation system and markup language, we structure and enrich an original compuscript, and generate all required deliverables from it as a single source.

According to publisher requirements, we can prepare a full-text XML conforming to a specific DTD, just metadata XML, or XML containing all the required elements of an article and supplementary materials.

At VTeX, a number of DTDs are currently supported by the standard production workflow where any other DTD can be virtually implemented on request. With our converters, the XML format can be transformed into HTML or E-PUB. All required deliverables (online content, print and web PDFs, EPUBs, XML+MathML, HTML, etc.) are generated out of one enriched source — the LaTeX production file.

Language editing & artwork preparation

Typesetting services are accompanied by the graphic material preparation service according to the publisher’s requirements and optional language editing service.

Academic content usually has complex illustrations, diagrams, or charts. When it comes to graphic material preparation, our electronic data managers re-size, re-draw, and re-letter graphic content, if it does not satisfy the requirements of the publisher. If necessary, we re-label text and/or re-draw illustrations, maintaining consistency in labels and sizing. All graphic materials are improved according to the publisher’s requirements.

Since our main production tool is LaTeX, language editing is made directly to a LaTeX file. All of VTeX language editors are native speakers and experts in STM fields. We have experience with manuscripts that are written in English, German, and other languages.

Learn about SkyLaTeX

At Duke University Press, we have entrusted VTeX with the typesetting of our mathematics journals for several years, and we have been very pleased with the high quality of their work and with their expertise in both LaTeX-based composition and the conventions of mathematics publishing. As a responsive and proactive partner, VTeX has been instrumental in helping us achieve our editing and production goals for our mathematics journals.

Raymond Lambert, Sr. Managing Editor, STM Journals, Duke University Press

Since 2001, we have used VTeX as the exclusive typesetter for our scholarly books and journals. They provide us with the highest quality typesetting and customer service. Their attention to detail is phenomenal. In addition, they created EJMS to streamline author submissions, and SkyLatex to improve the way authors supply corrections to their manuscripts. We could not be more pleased with the service they provide.

Patrick Kelly, Production Editor, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Overall, of course, we are very happy with VTEX’s level of service, style of communication, and the pro-active approach to resolving issues that we have frequently experienced.

Anne Marie de Rover, Head of Book Department, IOS Press

We are very pleased with the speed and the quality of your team.

Kevin Vercauteren, Language Editor at ACCO

How typesetting & copyediting benefit publishers?

Saves editors time & increases authors satisfaction

Authors seek to publish their manuscripts quickly, however, the whole lifecycle of publishing takes a while. VTeX staff consists of STM professionals with years of experience in the publishing field, providing a wide range of services within the best possible turnaround time and can make the prepublication process as short as several days.

Easy convertible & discoverable machine-readable articles

With VTeX converters, enrich your journal with convertible and machine-readable content in the form of the full-content XML. The XML format can be automatically transformed into HTML or E-PUB. Within VTeX, all required deliverables (online content, print and web PDFs, EPUBs, XML+MathML, HTML, etc.) are generated out of one enriched source — LaTeX.

VTeX — your partner in science publishing

VTeX is based in Lithuania and employees are the biggest asset of our company. Known as LaTeX experts, VTeX consists of 150 employees: half of the employees have master’s degrees in STM fields and 13 employees have PhDs in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Most of our staff have worked at VTeX for more than 15 years. We are proud that all our services are done in Lithuania.

At VTeX, we are aware of the problems that publishers are facing and we are here to assist. Our company constantly develops technologies to improve the processing of LaTeX materials. Our vision is to be among leading service providers in STM publishing fields with the highest service quality assurance.

If you would like to receive a quotation, please do not hesitate to contact us directly and we will help bring the publishing future to the present.

How to order our services?

1 We get the query
2 Together we specify the needed services
3 We offer the prices
4 Together we test the workflow
5 Together we start a successful partnership

Frequently asked questions

To what types of files copyediting and typesetting can be done?

VTeX delivers typesetting and copyediting service for both LaTeX and MS Word files. If you are interested in copyediting and typesetting services, please contact us and we will discuss your requirements and offer the most suitable solution.

What formats of deliverables are available?

VTeX produces these deliverables: head and tail XML, full-text XML, print and web PDFs, EPUBs, HTML, online content, etc. If you are interested in copyediting and typesetting services, please contact us and we will discuss your requirements and offer the most suitable solution.

Are copyediting and typesetting services accompanied by proofing service?

Yes, we are happy to inform you that VTeX uses a web-based LaTeX editor and a compiling tool SkyLaTeX for online proofing. Conveniently suited for STM fields, SkyLaTeX actively involves authors in the production by allowing them to edit and compile LaTeX files remotely and boost the speed of processing heavy mathematical content. If you are interested in copyediting and typesetting services, please contact us and we will discuss your requirements and offer the most suitable solution. For more information, learn about SkyLaTeX here: https://youtu.be/n_QUB2_6JGI

Are copyediting and typesetting services accompanied by artwork preparation services?

Yes, we are delighted to inform you that our copyediting and typesetting services are accompanied by artwork preparation. Our electronic data managers re-size, re-draw, and re-letter graphic content. If necessary, we re-label text and/or re-draw illustrations, maintaining consistency in labels and sizing. All graphic materials are prepared according to publisher requirements. If you are interested in copyediting and typesetting services, please contact us and we will discuss your requirements and offer the most suitable solution.

In which languages typesetting services are provided?

All of VTeX language editors are native speakers and are specialists in scientific, technical, or medical fields. Language editing is made directly to a LaTeX file. We have experience with manuscripts that are written in English, German, and other languages. If you are interested in copyediting and typesetting services, please contact us and we will discuss your requirements and offer the most suitable solution.