[bksvol-discuss] Re: Formatting Tabs or Spaces
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:21:04 -0400
Dear Monica,
I should know better than to speak up, but I replace those paragraph indent
tabs with 3 spaces, a compromise between the 5 for print and 2 for braille
figuring that both populations are smart enough to get the idea. Five spaces
really adds up in finger scanning time, but I thought 2 might be so small an
indent as to make it hard for sighted readers to see. Can't both populations
live with some compromise? Besides, all print books don't indent 5 spaces. The
one I'm validating now indents 3 for paragraphs and 8 for quotes! And I'm
settling for 6 for the quotes. Which way is the firing squad?
Always with love,
Lissi
Now let's see if I have the nerve to read the responses to this.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Cortada
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 4:51 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Formatting Tabs or Spaces
I guess I didn't ask my question well. Let me try again. Although tabs can
be adjusted to any length, they equal about five spaces when used to indicate a
paragraph indentation. So, tabs would need to be replaced with five caret w's
to maintain the format of the original text. Since the text looks and sounds
the same whether it has one tab or five spaces, what happens in the .brf files?
Which is better, or less garbled, a tab or five spaces in a row?
Monica in Maryland
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