Hi, Scott! Ask them to seriously consider it as an option, if not a standard. It is a huge deal for starting sighted readers that Nichole is very eagerly advocating for. Thanks! Valerie On Jul 20, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Scott Rains wrote: > Valerie, > > Interesting approach. Let me talk it through with Collection Development and > Engineering. A change like that would require a lot of cross-domain > conversation. But, for now, the answer is "no." > > Scott > > From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:29:43 -0700 > To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New proofreaders > > Hey, Scott! > > Reading with Nichole and trying to work with Nichole's teacher about > introducing Bookshare to beginning readers, I have a question/proposition. > In order to place emphasis on readable text in board books and early reader > picture books, books that have no other navigation than title, would it be > acceptable to put book text in bold 16 or 18 pt. and picture descriptions, > not bolded and in 12 pt? It would help print "pop" for visual readers > (dyspexic and kids with PD) and even allow teaching navigation in a more > useful and functional ways to early readers. That way a parent reading the > book would have easy access to all information, but a new reader being > introduced to reading would have better presentation of age level text. > > Thoughts? > > Valerie > > > On Jul 20, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Scott Rains wrote: > >> 4) Use these font sizes: For the: >> 20 point + BOLDING Book title >> 18 point + BOLDING Larger section >> headings (such as "Part I", or "Section 2") >> 16 point + BOLDING Headings for each >> section in the Front Matter, & Back Matter >> 16 point + BOLDING Chapter headings >> 14 point + BOLDING Chapter subheadings >> 12 point Text in the >> body of the book >> 5) Maximum font size for anything in the file: = >> 20 point >> Minimum font size for anything in the file: >> = 8 point >> Scott >