[bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space? and italics
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:55:20 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Lissi. I'll change my rows of 3 asterisks to three with spaces between
them mayrie had shown them with spaces but the next person to post had said
she did them without spaces. Your explanation, and knowing Mayrie uses braille,
makes me realize that for braille readers the spaces between are desirable,
It's too late for me to do anything about my earlier books, but I suppose
readers can change them (hopefully.
Cindy
--- On Wed, 6/1/11, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space? and italics
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 11:35 AM
Dear Debbie, Valerie and Booksharian
Friends,
Evan and I put spaces between three asterisks used
to separate blocks of text as when they are used to show time passage or the
start of a new scene or point of view character. In most print books the
asterisks or bullets used for this purpose are widely spaced. In all braille
books, and according to code, there are spaces between three braille asterisks.
When listening to a recorded book with punctuation turned on, it takes no more
time for spaced asterisks to be identified than if they are written without
spaces.
The National Library Service trains and certifies
braille transcribers, so their implementation of code is reliable.
In print, since there are a gazillion fonts, it's
possible for the three asterisks in white spaces to be written without spaces,
but they are spaced in the vast majority of cases.
Clearly I feel on firm ground concerning
asterisks.
To let you know I still have a lot to learn, I will
share that I haven't been able to figure out what to do with punctuation at the
beginning or end of italicized words, phrases or sentences. Cranked up as high
as my CCTV can get, I can't tell if punctuation is slanted. My vision is so
distorted that I often have trouble perceiving if the letters are slanted. Most
punctuation looks like crumbs to me and I never can tell if those crumbs are
slanted.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From:
Valerie
Maples
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:42
PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks
white space?
That is how I do them, too, Debby.
Valerie
On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Debby Franson wrote:
Hi everyone!
I have always put all three asterisks together
without spaces between them. Have I been doing it
wrong?
Debby
At 11:14 PM 5/28/2011, Cindy wrote
oh. Thanks, Mayrie. you have a space between each
of the three asterisks. I've been putting 3 or (5, before) together With
a
space between each one, they won't go by so fast.
Cindy
--- On Sat, 5/28/11, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white
space?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 8:32
PM
> Hi Charisma,
>
> You know how in a book, they leave a blank
line to let us
> know that a scene
> is changing? Well, in Bookshare books,
we don't have
> that white space to
> let us know that a scene change is coming.
So, on the
> line that would have
> been blank, many of us place this * * *
to let the
> reader know there will
> be a change. It makes the scene change
less jarring,
> and lets the reader
> know that the change is purposeful, and that
there isn't
> text missing.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Charisma
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 2:57
PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] asterisks white
space?
>
> Huh?
>
> I thought we were supposed to erase all extra
blank lines.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Mayrie ReNae
<mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi Cindy,
> >
> > Please use three asterisks to denote
white space.
> >
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