[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Advice on Fonts
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:00:32 -0700
Well, I'll change the title font back to the way K1000 had it in the first
place: regular, size 2. Don't worry, I'm not going through the book,
inspecting the font of every character to see if it is of a readable size. I
will just have to trust the software to do the best it can at preserving the
font characteristics it recognizes. It just seemed a bit odd that the title
would be in such a small font. It really isn't, though.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pratik Patel
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 7:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Advice on Fonts
Hello all,
Whether or not the current Bookshare tools convert allbooks and formatting to
something inconsistent, please try not to change the formatting to something
like Times New Roman 14 Points. The problem that you mentioned is a bit odd.
But the rest of the book should be left as is.
Pratik
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kellie Hartmann
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:13 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Advice on Fonts
Hi Evan,
I don't know how the font got to be 2; that is truly weird. Normally font
attributes are not lost in rtf conversion, which is one of the main reasons for
using rtf. When the book is processed by the Bookshare tools, I don't believe
font size is retained. If that's true, the thinking behind it is that a sighted
user will be setting the font size to meet his/her own reading needs. That's
also the reasoning why indents and spaces and tabs aren't preserved--the point
is that each user can control how the text will be displayed. There are
arguments for and against this approach, but that's the way it is at this point.
Hth,
Kellie
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