Hi Judy,
This is very interesting; thank you very much!
Marty
*From:* Judy s. <mailto:cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Friday, November 30, 2012 9:06 PM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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.
