[bksvol-discuss] Re: Peculiarity on purpose
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:29:23 -0500
I get what you are talking about, Mayrie, but these are only TWO periods all
separated by spaces and am afraid they will mess up children Braille readers.
Valerie
On Apr 26, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:
> Hi Valerie,
>
> I really think the spaced out ellipsis are just for printing purposes, kind
> of like justified print. And if you don't make them into three periods
> without spaces between them, with a space on each side, they will read all
> kinds of wrong in braille, nothing like what they should look like. Will you
> please unite all periods for ellipsis?
>
> We braille readers would truly thank you!
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
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>
> I am working on one of the Louis Slobodkin children's books (they are really
> fun to read!), and notice something very odd. When an ellipsis is at the end
> f the line, it is the usual three periods. However, when mid-sentence, it is
> a space period space period space and I cannot decide if for readability it
> is permissible to place a currently acceptable ellipsis or if it is like a
> misspell that needs to be retained as in print. It will be very annoying to
> audio or Braille readers, I would think...
>
> Valerie
>
>
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