[bksvol-discuss] Re: roman numerals
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:09:37 -0700
I highlight the whole number, e.g., Iv and change them it to lower-case;
easier and quicker, I thin, than changing the second number to a capital
letter, and besides I think,unless there are a great many, they should be
lowercase
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Madeleine Linares
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> Another thought about roman numerals: when roman numerals begin a line,
> especially, for example, when you are using them for the page numbers of
> front matter, the text will auto-capitalize the first letter but not the
> second. This is not helpful for print readers, or, apparently, for Braille
> readers. This doesn’t necessarily apply to the question about medical
> terms, but I thought it worth mentioning, because I’ve seen it come up a
> fewtimes. Please keep the roman numerals consistently capitalized or not.
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