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- | If strikethrough text needs to be retained (e.g., in a poem where it conveys important meaning), use direct formatting. | ||
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+ | Another example is in the image below of a letter found in a book written by one of the characters. The character has struck out their first attempt at a salutation. When reformatting this in Word, replace the struck through text with the following: '' | ||
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+ | <note tip>If you have any questions, check the archive below, if still not clear, post your question on the [[public: | ||
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+ | Q: Light Chaser has several sections where large blocks of text are in italic to indicate when the main character is exploring the memories of a cybernetic body (or something like that). Sometimes the text goes back and forth between italic and normal to show the character moving through the memories versus having thoughts about them in the present. Here's a screenshot of what the original word doc looks like (italics highlighted): | ||
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+ | I have NOT been adding emphasis to any of these large blocks of text given italics isn't accessible in text blocks of that size. Do we feel the m-dashes breaking up the text blocks do enough to indicate the character slipping in and out of the cybernetic memory? | ||
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+ | A: I think you have the right approach here. The paragraph breaks and m dashes are enough. We can only work with what we have. Good work! | ||
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+ | Q: Should text messages/" | ||
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+ | Buzz in his bag. Probably her. He sat on a bench, pulled on his hair, opened his phone guiltily, and it was Iris: //Hey sweetiepants! I’m drunk near your restaurant, whatcha doing?// | ||
+ | The feeling of sweat and grossness flickered brighter exactly once in his body. Then he called her. | ||
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+ | A: To answer your question: it would depend on the book and the usage. Remember emphasis is not very accessible overall, so we want to avoid it as much as possible. I looked over the first few pages on the book and this is what I noticed: | ||
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+ | * Each new section begins with italics (this is created for visual style and it loses no meaning when you remove it, so we remove it.) | ||
+ | * Thoughts we keep and style as emphasis because the emphasis adds meaning to the text | ||
+ | * Do not use it for facebook messages (it is clear from the text what they are so it is more for visual impact than meaning, so we do no use it.) | ||
+ | * There are moments she is reading a sign and it is in italics and again it is clear from the text what this is so we do not use it. | ||
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+ | In the example you give above, it is a bit of a judgement call. The emphasis does seem to be adding meaning to the text in this case, and it is only one sentence. If it was more than 2-3 or was a paragraph it should be removed, but it is one sentence. We need to ask ourselves: if we remove the emphasis/ | ||
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+ | Note: there are always some exceptions to these guidelines, so whenever in doubt ask! | ||
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+ | Q: I have a question about Inkling. When the Inkling character speaks, the text is bold and all caps (no quotation marks). Obviously not accessible. Is there another way I should designate this as dialogue (emphasis style?)or should I just leave it as normal text? Thanks! | ||
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+ | A: First off, I now want to read this book. In this case you can remove the All Caps and use Sentence Capitalization and apply '' | ||
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+ | Q: I'm working on Orange Shirt Day and have a few questions. In the text are bolded vocabulary terms which refer to the glossary (Chapter 9). Additionally, | ||
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+ | A: For this title, you can apply strong style to the bolded letters since the text directly states all glossary terms are in bold. You can treat those other sections as asides. It looks like they used space and slightly smaller font to visually separate the text on the page. | ||
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+ | Q: Another question for "Angel Wing Splash Pattern," | ||
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+ | Edit: I am now thinking it may be best to format the list titles as sub-headings and I am wondering if there would be issues with accessibility if there are two non-consecutive sub-headings that have the same wording, i.e. two sub-headings titled " | ||
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+ | A: This answer is linked to the below edit as well. All the bold underline text should be styled a sub headings. If the content in that subsection is a list, style as a list. If it is not a list, style as normal. | ||
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+ | Q: One more question for "Angel Wing Splash Pattern," | ||
+ | Edit: As I'm working through the story there seems to be a number of other sections that are mostly prose that also use bold and underlined titles for and I'm thinking it might be appropriate to format all the titles as sub-headings. | ||
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+ | A: Titles of poems are styled as headings. See [[public: | ||
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+ | Q: The story " | ||
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+ | A: Thoughts retain emphasis, remove from chat messages. When you read the text all the messages seem to begin with referring to the message directly followed by a colon. This means that the reader can understand that the following text is a chat message without the emphasis, and that it is only used to add visual meaning and is therefore not required. | ||
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+ | Q: In a couple of the short stories in the collection " | ||
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+ | A: In this case you can replace it with emphasis, but in future cases if you are unsure then ask. | ||
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+ | Q: In How to Lose Everything there is the line "// | ||
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+ | A: Style it they way it is in the original. | ||
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