Thanks, Kim. Mainly I was wondering if a scanner would know whether or not a book had words in italics so as to ask that it be prrofed by a sighted reader? Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Sun, 11/8/09, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Daisy files maintain Bolding, Font > point sizes, Italics, and more > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 11:37 PM > Hi, Cindy, now this is unknown > territory to me. Mind you, it seems with a > computer you have a plethora of choices for the font style, > but in this > you'd know about which are easier to read. I'd think the > more ornate or > flowery styles would be hard on the eyes, even though they > might look > terribly artistic. I remember futzing about with the > Optacon and found I > could tell one letter from another if it was in block > letters. I didn't care > much for sans-serif (sic) printing because all letters were > fat in some > places and thin in others. No wonder I preferred to stick > with Braille! > Anyhow, the Optacon is great for people who want to use it, > but for me, I > preferred to do without it, me being an impatient soul. The > main thing is > will the scanner be able to decipher the style and make > sense of it. > Regards, Kim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Cindy > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:18 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Daisy files > maintain Bolding, Font > point sizes, Italics, and more > > In the past I tried to match the fonts in the print as > closely as possible > with fonts available to me in Word, but I learned that some > of the Fancy > ones just don't translate translate--I assume in braille > but maybe in other > things, too, so I just use times Roman, or may New York or > some of the more > common fonts that approximate what I'm seeing. I didn't > know Arial was > desirable; I thought Times roman was the preferred font, > generally. I do > enlarge and bold and italicize letters and words, though, > if they're that > way in the book. > Cindy > > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and > books-being-scanned list available at sites below > > > > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List > > Books Being Scanned List: > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List > > > --- On Sun, 11/8/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Daisy files > maintain Bolding, > > Font point sizes, Italics, and more > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 8:19 PM Thanks Judy. > It's helpful to > > know where to focus. I thought the font face was > retained from our rtf > > files and have been trying rather frantically to make > sure the chapter > > font face stays consistent. In my current book, some > scanned as Arial > > and others scanned as Times New Roman. The glossary is > a table in an > > entirely different font, and I was about to type it in > to make it > > behave. > > > > I remember the staff discussing the issue with us last > year because > > they wanted sighted users to be able to adjust fonts > to a size and > > type that works best for them. I never looked at the > style sheet to > > see what they had done with that. I assumed they used > the font face > > from the book. I wonder why they chose Arial as the > default. I know > > you probably don't know the answer. My mind is just > wandering. I'm > > also somewhat amused at how I have talked for so long > about something > > I will never understand. > > > > > > Oh how I wish they still sold Opticons. 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