Hi Roger,
Never were we told to convert em dashes to a dash. It used to be
necessary
to convert them to two hyphens, but now the conversion tools do this for
us.
A dash is a hyphen creating a compound word, an em dash, or in the old
days,
two hyphens denoted a pause in the reading. Very, very different things,
so
if people are converting em dashes to a single hyphen or dash, they're not
helping at all!
Mayrie
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As I recall, we were told some time back that it is better if we change
the
m dashes to a dash, but it is not required.
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Ah something else I didn't know. I have been changing those crazy M-s to
1
dash. One less step I guess! Sorry Cindy for the misinformation.
Reggie
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Cindy good news you can leave the m dashes in since the braille
translation
software can now read them correctly, as far as fonts go, I'll let
someone
else answer that. Smiley good to have you back again.
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Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:42 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] M dashes and fonts
Ugh, I have proofread before, but there are things I should remember.
If I have to do a training book, not sure I will cause I'm not sure I
have the time.
First of all, if the book has m dashes, do we take those out, or do
they translate into double hyphens. Or should they be changed to --.
Second, am I supposed to go through this book and find fonts to change.
Some of these say 11 point, not greater than 14.
Metyhinks these are my only questions about the book.
Cindy
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