[bksvol-discuss] Re: Chapter Numbers
- From: "Kaitlyn" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 01:48:47 -0700
HI Cindy,
I have seen this more than once where the chapter name or number is in a
larger font. As a rule I leave them as is.
Katie Hill
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-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:35 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Chapter Numbers
Good point, Tom. That's probably why, when chapter
numbers are given instead of titles and without the
word chapter, they are usually, if not always, in a
different size and type of font, i.e., bold or
ital--for the sighted. So indicating a chapter with
the word chapter, in my mind, doesn't change the
author's intent. Besided, it's probably the
publisher's decision, not the author's.
Cindy
--- tom hawkins <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Donna, I'm not an expert and still consider
> myself a newbee at the business of being blind and
> find the word very helpful, for two reasons. First
> it clarifies the numeric and doesn't leave me
> wondering whether it was an over-looked scanno. And
> it seems the word chapter is implied for the
> sighted reader and therefore placed there for the
> blind only completes the structure, implied as it
> is. Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donna Smith
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 8:12 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Chapter Numbers
>
>
> Monica, in my opinion, it would be an alteration
> to the book design. We who listen to books being
> read also know what the stand-alone numbers
> represent, and it is not a problem to just have the
> numbers read out as they appear throughout the text.
>
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>
> Good question, though, and thanks for thinking
> about what makes books most readable!
>
>
>
> Peace and Hope,
>
>
>
> Donna
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>
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> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Monica Cortada
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 7:31 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Chapter Numbers
>
>
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> My question relates to the way many books
> start a new chapter with only the chapter number.
> Sighted readers know it's a new chapter because the
> font is different, usually very large. When the
> book is processed by an electronic reader, I think
> it's really odd to have a number blerted out in
> between sentences. Is it permissible to add the
> word "Chapter" in front of the chapter numeral in
> order to indicate in words what the page
> communicates in font attributes? Is adding the word
> "Chapter" in that setting a forbidden alteration of
> the text, or a reasonable adaptation of the text for
> use by screen and Braille readers where some font
> attributes are not translated?
>
>
>
> Monica in Maryland
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