[koralatov]

And more to the point, shouldn't this be caught by a sub-editor prior to publishing? I find it incredibly hard to believe that publishers would blindly publish what they're sent without first checking it...

[sanskritabelt]

My thoughts exactly. Someone at the publisher is looking at a lot of similarly formatted documents, any deviation should stand out.

And isn't separating content from style what a .sty file is supposed to do anyway?