[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:39:58 -0800 (PST)
chuckle--very cute.
Cindy
--- Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Speaking of the new web site, I think a little
> poetry is in order.
>
> Eldorado
> Gaily bedight,
> A gallant knight,
> In sunshine and in shadow,
> Had journeyed long,
> Singing a song,
> In search of Eldorado.
>
> But he grew old-
> This knight so bold-
> And o'er his heart a shadow
> Fell as he found
> No spot of ground
> That looked like Eldorado.
>
> And, as his strength
> Failed him at length,
> He met a pilgrim shadow-
> "Shadow," said he,
> "Where can it be-
> This land of Eldorado?"
>
> "Over the Mountains
> Of the Moon,
> Down the Valley of the Shadow,
> Ride, boldly ride,"
> The shade replied-
> "If you seek for Eldorado!"
>
>
> Poetry provided by Edgar Alan Poe, synicism provided
> by
>
> Bob (the list jester).
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carrie Karnos
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:07 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper
>
>
> No, we don't have a new stripper yet. It is part
> of the new website, and will make its debut when the
> new website makes its debut. (And before you ask,
> no, I don't know when the new website will be
> deployed.)
>
> HTH, Carrie
>
>
>
>
>
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> From: Julie & Miss Mercy <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 1, 2008 8:54:02 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper
>
> I haven't been keeping up with my mail and have
> done a few mass deletes in this folder over the past
> few weeks. Do we officially have a new stripper now
> or is this talk about when we do? Thanks.
>
> EVAN REESE wrote:
> > There's no need to make the chapter titles bold.
> If they are, then that's fine. I would just do
> things the way you've been doing them; that is,
> leaving them the way they are in the book.
> >
> > Evan
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy
> Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:09 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Stripper
> >
> >
> >> Thanks, Monica. I never thought of trying to
> retain
> >> color; I haven't seen that many books using
> it--I
> >> suppose it's more expensive--but when I have I
> just
> >> used bold instead.
> >>
> >> BTW, not all chapter titles are bold in books;
> >> sometimes they're in italics or caps or just a
> larger
> >> font. I've been doing whatever the book does.
> Should I
> >> be making them bold? Is this a bookshare thing?
> >>
> >> Cindy Ro
> >>
> >> --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Cindy, no, I don't mean bold. I mean text
> color,
> >>> like if the text is red on
> >>> black or blue on white. I don't know what
> happens on
> >>> the Bookshare end as
> >>> far as processing goes. Fortunately, people
> who use
> >>> daisy files can usually
> >>> adjust the fonts and colors to suit them. I do
> know
> >>> that Braille readers
> >>> don't see color information in their files. By
> >>> default, screenreaders don't
> >>> announce colors either, though you can turn on
> a
> >>> feature to do that. For
> >>> most totally blind readers, you could make the
> text
> >>> white on white, and we'd
> >>> never know since our screenreaders don't care
> and
> >>> speak normally. We do have
> >>> some sighted readers who use Bookshare due to
> a
> >>> physical or learning
> >>> disability. They can see colors and might be
> more
> >>> aware of what the finished
> >>> Bookshare files look like. As for me, I'm
> still
> >>> working on keeping the bold
> >>> and italics straight in terms of what they
> look
> >>> like. It has taken over a
> >>> year for me to really remember that chapter
> names
> >>> are supposed to be bolded
> >>> and that I should make sure the font on the
> title
> >>> page is normalized.
> >>>
> >>> Monica Willyard
> >>> "The best way to predict the future is to
> create
> >>> it." -- Peter Drucker
> >>>
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