Hi Kathy,I think that in print the em dash is not supposed to have spaces surrounding it. Some books have the extra spaces to keep margins justified. I think that is what G. Cindy and Jamie said in the past.
Peace, Mayrie At 08:23 PM 3/24/2008, you wrote:
They have a space on each side of them, I think, but I'd recommend just leaving them alone. Most of us Braille readers are used to seeing them that way by now, I expect. Braille usually doesn't have spaces before or after the dashes, but I think that's largely for space conservation. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:39 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question for Braille Readers Hi everyone, Quick question for Braille-readers. I do read Braille myself, but I've never paid attention to this issue before. I'm validating a book with a lot of em dashes. They look like this. - They usually connect two words like this. word1-word2. They do not usually have spaces around them. In the past I have left them as is in the books I validate. My question is, should I be doing anything special with the em dashes in order to make them easily read in Braille? I've never known there to be a special Braille character for the em dash, but there may be one. Does it just look like a regular dash, or something else? Do they appear with spaces around them or not? Would most of you prefer me to add spaces, change the em dashes to regular dashes, leave them alone, or something else? Thanks for any feedback you can give. Best, Allison To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1340 - Release Date: 3/23/2008 6:50 PM To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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