[bksvol-discuss] Re: More fun with footnotes! (LONG)
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:27:36 -0400
Deborah, your solution seems best to me. I can't think of a braille
character that would be better than a star.
Tracy
> Hi all,
>
> This message is going to be rather long and I apologize in advance.
> I'm looking for input, particularly from braille readers, for a footnote
> formatting scenario that I'm currently puzzling over. It's not the first
> time I've encountered this as I think it's rather uncommon, but it does
> happen.
>
> I've been using a space followed by an asterisk(*) to set off footnotes
> within text and that seems to work well, whether the associated note
> appears
> at the end of the page, chapter or book.
> Sometimes when the numbered notes appear at the end of the chapter or
> book,
> in addition to the numbered footnotes, an author inserts an asterisk (*)
> to
> indicate a note at the bottom of the page.
> To make this even more interesting, there are sometimes multiple instances
> of these notes. Instead of multiple asterisks, a character, usually called
> a
> dagger, is used for the second one, and a double dagger for the third,
> etc.
> These characters usually scan as either a lower case "t" or "f."
> What I've done in the past is use a double asterisk (**) for the dagger,
> and
> triple asterisk (***) for the double dagger.
> Whew! If you've gotten this far, thank you.
>
> Now my current situation: I have a page with all of the above. I am
> including the page below as I have it formatted. It seems a bit busy, but
> I
> don't know what else to do.
> So-- braille readers especially-- is there a character that can be
> represented in braille to replace the dagger and double dagger? The place
> in this page that gets really clunky is at footnote number 8. There is a
> dagger for the second note at the bottom of the page, followed by numbered
> note 8.
>
> Page from the book:
>
> The Lowell Offering achieved international fame. Charles Dickens in his
> American Notes referred to it as the "first clear notes of real life in
> America." An American returning from England reported: "The Lowell
> Offering
> is probably exciting more attention in England, than any other American
> publication. It is talked of in the political as well as literary world."
> And in France, Thiers * arose in the Chamber of Deputies, waved a copy of
> the Lowell Offering in the air, and solemnly proclaimed that the magazine
> proved that in a democracy, labor could possess a mind and soul as well as
> a
> body. *7
> It is hardly surprising that the Lowell Offering was welcomed by factory
> owners, and that they sent a written tribute to the editors, praising "the
> worthy enterprise in which they are engaged." ** *8 For the editors of the
> Lowell Offering were not in the least concerned with wages and hours. "We
> could do nothing to regulate the price of wages of the world," wrote one
> of
> the editors. "We would not if we could, at least we would not make that a
> prominent subject in our pages, for we believe there are things of even
> greater importance." As for hours and working conditions-these were
> matters
> over which workers "have no control." They would come as a result of the
> kind-heartedness of the factory owners. The corporations would "in their
> own
> good time introduce the ten-hour system, and will not this be a noble
> deed?"
> *9
> What, then, were the "things of even greater importance"? The only thing
> that really mattered, said the magazine's editor, was to "elevate,
> instruct
> and purify the mind and soul of the workers; to give them an outlet for
> the
> spiritual and emotional needs of the soul; to provide them with sweetness
> and light." Let the factory girls, therefore, meet in improvement circles
> where they would read and study. Armed with learning and culture, they
> could
> protect themselves from the crushing power of the machine which
> dehumanized
> the worker and robbed him of dignity and self-assurance. At the same time,
> they would prove to the world that there was "Mind among the Spindles." As
> long as the mind and the soul were free, what did it matter what happened
> to
> the body? The philosophy of the factory girls should be that of the
> Apostles: "Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." *10
> The Lowell Offering was popular everywhere but among the factory girls.
> True, they wrote poems and stories for the magazine, believing
>
> * * *
>
> * In 1871, Thiers played a conspicuous role in the brutal suppression of
> the
> Paris Commune and in the wholesale slaughter of the Paris proletariat
> during
> the "Bloody Week" when reaction triumphed.
> ** in January, 1843, the Offering was purchased by William Schouler from
> its
> former proprietors. Schouler was an agent of the mill owners, a bitter foe
> of the ten-hour day, and was intensely hated by almost all factory girls.
> In
> a signed statement, Schouler called upon all "who feel an interest in the
> progress and good name of the factory system" to support the Offering.
> End of page.
>
> Thanks for any and all help!
> Deborah
>
>
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list
> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
>
>
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
Other related posts:
