[duxuser] Re: question about braille italics
- From: "Warren Figueiredo" <warrenfigueiredo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 14:55:05 -0500
There are times when a distinction between italics, bold, and underlined
text must be made. In that case use English/American Textbook DE (Distinct
Emphases template is used. Here is help from the HELP files.
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FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
The English/American Textbook tables are essentially identical to the
regular English/American tables, except that conventions defined for
textbook usage in "Braille Formats," a publication of the Braille Authority
of North America (BANA), are followed in preference to the general literary
conventions followed in the regular table.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTED DBT TRANSLATION CODES
In addition to the translation codes supported in the regular
English/American tables, there are two "variation" codes that control
whether or not bold and italic forms of emphasis are distinguished in the
braille. Note that normally this is not the way to control this -- rather,
in the Document / Translation Tables menu, selecting "English/American
Textbook (Distinct Emphases)" on the one hand or "English/American Textbook"
on the other causes the emphasis indications to be distinguished or not, as
one would expect. If the choice is to apply to the whole file, there is no
reason to use any other means. However, if one needs to have the forms of
emphasis distinguished in some parts of a file and not in others, these
codes would be useful. In that case one should choose "Distinct Emphases"
and use these codes as needed:
[vrn~sdbold] suppresses distinct "bold" indication until further notice
(i.e. bold is treated the same as italic)
[vrn] reverts to the normal mode where bold is distinguished from italic
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:01 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: question about braille italics
Ann,
The codes for italics are: [fts~i] and [fte~i]. Note that there are similar
codes for bolding and underlining, and that all three sets of codes produce
the same results in braille documents.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Foxworth, Ann <mailto:Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:16
Subject: [duxuser] question about braille italics
How do I apply italics to a Duxbury print document, created in Duxbury?
ANN FOXWORTH, BRAILLE CONSULTANT
DARS DIVISION FOR BLIND SERVICES
CRISS COLE REHABILITATION CENTER
4800 N LAMAR BLVD
AUSTIN, TX 78757
PH: 512-377-0471
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