Well, I grew up in the 1970's and am a bit of a rebel. I like the dashes
better than what BANA rule says we should do. Not sure how much I like
that British rule. Interestingly enough, the Reader's Digest in Braille
uses the double dash for bullets.
Bob Hachey
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Warren Figueiredo
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:33 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Bullets
No, it won't be any different because I've encountered this too and I
rarely use the standard template.
How would Americans feel about adopting the 456, 256 bullet symbol the
British recently adopted? It would give us a standard symbol.
Warren
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:50 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Bullets
Warren,
I guess there are some left-over vestiges of the '60s, although I'm not
really against all rules (or even most rules). In this case, I just
didn't like the symbol DBTW used when it translated bullets, but now I
wonder if it would have behaved differently if I were using the BANA
Text template. Thanks for including the rules.
Steve
On Tuesday 12/20/05 06:06 Warren Figueiredo wrote:
>Steve said: I'd be interested to know what the official rule is, but
>I'll bet I won't like it.
>
>Warren Figueiredo replies: Steve, I didn't know that you were so
>refractory to rules. Did you grow up in the sixties? <grin>
>
>The British have adopted dots 456, 256 as their new bullet symbol.
>(Should BANA adopt it, too?)
>
>Current BANA rules say the following:
>
>
> From Print to Braille Formats (Rule 7 Columned Material, Listed Items,
> Outlines, and Indexes; Section 2a(3) the following provisions are
made:
>(3) Bullets, hollow dots, check marks, and other signs printed before
>each listed item solely for visual effect must be ignored in braille.
>However, when only certain items in a list are specifically marked
>using bullets, check marks, stars, or other print signs, follow the
>directives given in Rule 3, Section 5.
>
>Rule 3 Braille Formats for Print Emphasis 5. Specially marked items in
>columns and lists. Ignore bullets, check marks, diamonds, stars, and
>other visual signs that are printed before each item in a column or a
>list solely for visual effect. However, if only some items are shown
>marked with these or similar signs, follow the directives given below.
>NOTE: For reference marks and notes in columns and lists, see Rule 7,
>Section 1g for columns, Rule 7, Section 2f for lists.
>
>When only one kind of print sign is shown with items in a column or
>list, it must be represented by the symbol dots 26, 26.
>
>If two or more different signs are shown with items in a column or
>list, they must be represented by the braille symbols provided in Rule
>5, Section 2e which can be found at
http://www.brl.org/formats/rule05.html
>
>How was that, Steve?
>Warren
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