[bksvol-discuss] Re: More fun with footnotes! (LONG)
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:42:36 -0700
Hi Deborah,
This looks fine to me. And if we introduce any new characters, we have to
be sure that they are characters that Bookshare's braille translator can
handle, and those are few. What you've done works for me just fine.
Mayrie
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] More fun with footnotes! (LONG)
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
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