[bksvol-discuss] Re: more formatting questions
- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:22:21 -0600
Thanks for the reply... I don't know if optional means that they can be
retained by the tool, or not, and that is part of my question.
Everything that I have submitted has been under 24 point with at least four
points of separation between titles and normal text. Generally that means
they are set at 16 and 12 point in new Times Roman since it is easier to
differentiate certain characters that look almost identical in Arial. The
only time I leave the copyright page in a smaller font is if it is the only
way to get it to fit into even the longest page length permissible so that
it doesn't present with a soft page break, but that's just because I like to
see those all gone when I am handling them in so that it might not confuse a
new volunteer in my scans.
I have average middle-aged vision and a 22 inch all-in-one computer and I
always make word describe it as page width, so my magnification is at least
as large as yours even in 12 point. I never try to tax my eyes and always
use the largest font that is practical in a manner displayed as large as
possible. I also don't use maximum resolution on my screen as that shrinks
everything including fonts. I figure my eyes will age fast enough on their
own. Wink.
Valerie
Currently scanning
Merry Christmas, Stinky Face
Santa Claus the Number One Toy Expert
who do I talk to
the Red suit diaries
yada yada Prayer Group GETS DECKED OUT
Currently proofing:
Once Upon a Chritmas
Love Mercy
Listen for the Whipoorwill
Ten Days To Self-Esteem
Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dogs
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> All of those kinds of formatting are optional, however...
>
> When I proofread or scan, I make all the fonts on the initial page 20
> points or less. Sometimes, when the title or author will now fit on one
> line with the smaller font, I join lines, other times I don't bother.
> Sometimes the copyright page has lots of stuff in a tiny font. I'm
> pretty sure the bookshare tools make everything one size so it shouldn't
> matter that all this is in a tiny font in the rtf file. However, when I
> scan I increase the size on this text in case it helps the proofer.
>
> In the main text of the book, I try to make all the text the same font,
> same size, same line spacing, except make chapter headings 4 points
> greater than the main text. I try to preserve italics in the text but
> sometimes my OCR program goes bonkers and makes chunks of text all
> different sizes fonts, italics bold and so on. In those cases if the
> words were recognized correctly, I just make everything Times New Roman,
> 10 point regular text.
>
> One bit of formatting I do for myself. I'm sighted, but poorly. So,
> with the text 10 or 12 point, I set the size of the page to the width of
> a paperback book, then set the zoom to 2 to 2.5 times. On the screen
> this is large enough that I can sit at about the same distance from the
> monitor as most people and read the text (as opposed to scrunching
> forward the way I usually am when trying to read smaller print).
>
> That's probably more than you wanted, but I'm just feeling wordy today.
>
> Valerie Maples wrote:
> > I have a scan with line spacing preserved and sometimes it is nice
visually
> > and other times it is irrelevant. Is it okay to leave them in as
opposed to
> > making them carriage returns which indicate new paragraph where that
"looks
> > better"? Or, what happens to them with the Bookshare tool? Also, in
things
> > like initial unnumbered pages where overly large fonts and formatting
are
> > used for effect, do you join lines. Examples would include authors name
on
> > two separate lines and things like that which in smaller fonts make more
> > sense together.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Valerie
> >
> > Currently scanning
> > Merry Christmas, Stinky Face
> > Santa Claus the Number One Toy Expert
> > who do I talk to
> > the Red suit diaries
> > yada yada Prayer Group GETS DECKED OUT
> >
> > Currently proofing:
> > Once Upon a Chritmas
> > Love Mercy
> > Listen for the Whipoorwill
> > Ten Days To Self-Esteem
> > Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dogs
> >
> >
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