[duxuser] Re: request for opinions
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:34:57 -0000
W/ is not always used in print instead of 'with'. the braille contraction )
is always used for the word with. More and more typefaces are being done in
bold, underline, or italic: so braille does need to reflect this trend in
some manner, with unfortunate but necessary side-effects such as additional
space being used.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: request for opinions
Ann,
You're absolutely right. The argument that braille should exactly follow
print is fatuous at best. A case in point is the use of "w/" for "with".
In print, "w/" makes sense as a kind of shorthand, but in braille there is
already a contraction for the word, and it's far more efficient than the
print shorthand. Many things are done in print to produce a certain visual
effect, such as bolding and italics. In braille, such things are often more
distracting than anything else.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Foxworth, Ann" <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 13:32
Subject: [duxuser] Re: request for opinions
>
>
> Steve, I do menus as you just described. Something occurred to me when I
> read a comment that print should be exactly followed with Braille. The
> minute you translate to contracted Braille, you are no longer
> representing the print, symbol for symbol, and the reason for using
> contracted Braille, as we all know, is to save space and increase
> reading speed. In a menu I was working on today, someone had scanned it
> in, probably from the internet and several times, two words were
> separated by dots 3,5 written twice, with no space between the words. So
> it read like baconinineggs or something like that. I think sometimes we
> have to make decisions based on our knowledge of Braille, coupled with
> commitment to producing a reader-friendly document.
>
> ANN FOXWORTH, BRAILLE CONSULTANT
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