That's because we spend too much time guessing rather than lobbying and/or finding out what's required. It's not helped by BookShare's innatention to the manual in the past, but this part has been clear for about two years.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:27 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fonts was Navigation what do members prefer?
Once again this list is confusing me. I'd probably be better off without it.I thought that what the Daisy needed was a size difference of 2 points to recognize elements. I've been making the title 20, parts 16, chapters 14, and text 12. It was my understanding that this would work well for the converter. I don't use Daisy much myself, but I have checked some of my books, and remember finding chapter headings with no problem. Really, this list is supposed to help volunteers, not confuse the heck out of us. TracySo how is 14 point not larger than 12 point? On 11/21/2012 9:31 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:Hi all, Folks, the operative words here *should* be what is consistent for the DAISY converter! You *must* put chapters in larger headings font in order for the DAISY converter to know that this is a heading, a DAISY element! Madeleine's mention of putting chapter titles into 14 point font is really confusing. they must be in 16 point or they will not be recognized as a DAISY element. I think this whole issue of the stars is getting everyone all out of kilter! It all started when we were talking about chapter titles that had just single numbers instead of having "chapter" with them. Then, it's morphed into this whole crazy malarkiface about blank lines. The blank lines are immaterial! You don't necessarily need them between chapter titles and the accompanying text, but what you do need, what you have to have, in fact, is the chapter titles in larger font! This is a prerequisite for making a book into DAISY format. Please, let's not have any confusion about chapter heading fonts! Believe me folks, I've made DAISY books in the past, and these font changes *must* be made in order for the DAISY converter to select the text that indicates a new or different DAISY element! Ann P. Original message:In posting a response to Madeleine's explanation, along with my question about do I understand then that if the chapter title is 16 point Bold and the text is 12 point regular, asterisks aren't necessary, I forgot to ask what do members prefer? Given that the space is deleted and the texts are squished together--asterisks or nothing between chapter title and beginning of body. (Since in this book I've begun with the asterisks, I 'll c ontinue,but I want to know for he future. smile CIndy To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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