[bksvol-discuss] Re: What braces look like in print (was Re: Re: Proofing: Is this correct?)
- From: "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:54:59 -0500
My goodness, I think I’ve got it!! Thank you very much!
Marty
From: Valerie Maples
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 1:55 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What braces look like in print (was Re: Re:
Proofing: Is this correct?)
They look like two "nested" less than signs. If you have not seen a less than
sign, it is like a nearly equilateral triangle standing on the point that would
be a vertical line, but that side is absent. Or, describing a less than sign
from left to right, picking a point mid line and having a short ray up and
down, like a sideways lowercase letter v, so a left double angle bracket would
be like two letter v's stacked rotated clockwise a quarter turn.
Is that clear as mud? I am not good at descriptions like Doug.
Valerie
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From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, December 1, 2012 9:59:03 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What braces look like in print (was Re: Re:
Proofing: Is this correct?)
As a formerly sighted person I can't say that I know what a left double angle
bracket looks like myself.
On 12/1/2012 9:35 AM, Martha Rafter wrote:
I could see a bracket in my mind as clear as if I had actually seen it
through my own eyes. There’s lots of stuff on the computer keyboard that are
complete mysteries! A left double-angle bracket? HUH? *smile*
Marty
From: Judy s.
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:36 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What braces look like in print (was Re: Re:
Proofing: Is this correct?)
Hi Marty,
You're welcome! smile. I'm glad it made sense.
Judy s.
On 11/30/2012 8:14 PM, Martha Rafter wrote:
Hi Judy,
This is very interesting; thank you very much!
Marty
From: Judy s.
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:06 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What braces look like in print (was Re: Re:
Proofing: Is this correct?)
Hi Reggie,
Sorry to hear about the headache--thank goodness it's better.
In appearance, brackets are parenthesis that went to a military academy to
make them straight and precise with right angles instead of gentle curves.
grin. Parentheses are curved, as if you took and erased the top and bottom of
a circle, leaving the left and right side of a circle. Brackets are made from
a square, as if you took and erased the middle out of the top and bottom of a
square box, leaving the left and right hand sides and a bit of the top and the
bottom of the box on each side.
One way to feel the shapes might be as follows. To feel the shape of a
left brace, hold a rectangular cereal box in front of you in your right hand,
with the broadest side of the box facing you, and the top of the box facing the
ceiling. Put your index finger of your left hand in the middle of the top of
the box. Run your finger across the top of the box towards your left, then run
your finger down the left side of the box, then go to the right and run your
finger across the bottom of the box. That's the shape that a left hand brace
takes, the brace that corresponds to a left parenthesis. Now, hold the cereal
box in front of you in your left hand, again with the broadest side of the box
facing you. Put your index finger of your right hand in the middle of the top
of the box. Run your finger across the top of the box towards your right, then
run your finger down the right side of the box, then go to the left and run
your finger across the bottom of the box. That's the shape that a right hand
brace takes, the brace that corresponds to a right parenthesis.
Judy s.
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