[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Large Print

  • From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:36:49 -0500

if you edit the file it should automatically know to use the same font.
Otherwise, with jaws you can check the font type and size by moving the
curser to the character which you want to identify, then push insert F.
Tiff

----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:07 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Large Print


>
> I just thought of something that made me wonder if I should release this
> book.  MMy font settings would not match thhe book, so if I make
> corrections, such as taking out letters and replacing them, tthe type
would
> look smaller wouldn't it???  It is plain text and I can tell here the page
> numbers should go, but they are messed up so I can't read them.  The book
> looks doable but do you think I should release it under these
circumstances,
> Cindy??  It is called Strong Poison, by Dorothy Sayers, and she is a
popular
> mystery writer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:38 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Large Print
>
>
> Sue,
>
> I did some research -- didn't find the answer to your
> question, but I did find some sites that talk about
> the specific font they use, which leads me to think
> that the number of lines per page might depend upon
> the kind of font -- its size and the spaceing between
> letters and words.
>
> I'm going to the library tomorrow, so I can count some
> lines of some of our LP books and see if there's a
> standard number of lines per page. An easier thing, I
> think, would be for me to get the book, if we have it
> in the library. Then I could tell you specifically if
> there are no page numbers, or if there's supposed to
> be a skipped line, etc. and/or if there are page
> numbers I could number them for you.
>
> Is your file rtf or txt? If the latter, I can tell you
> if the page number should come before or afer the page
> break by ascertaining if the number is at the top of
> bottom of the page (assuming we have the book in the
> library or the library system).
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
> - siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I will try to be brief and clear.  I am validating a
> > large print plain text
> > book.  There are page breaks but no page numbers.
> > There are also lots of
> > places where just one line is skipped, not
> > necessarily between paragraphs..
> >
> > After all that my question is:  How many lines are
> > supposed to be on a large
> > print plain text page?  I am editing with Wordpad
> > since that is all I have
> > for plain text.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue S.
> >
> >
>
>
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