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 <note>Strikethrough is inaccessible to most people with print disabilities, so we only leave it in poetry.</note> <note>Strikethrough is inaccessible to most people with print disabilities, so we only leave it in poetry.</note>
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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:nnels:etext:q_a|Production Q&A]]
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-WCAG 2.0 - H49: [[https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H49.html|Using semantic markup to mark emphasized or special text]]+
  
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 A: Titles of poems are styled as headings. See [[public:nnels:etext:poetry|Poetry]] for more info. A: Titles of poems are styled as headings. See [[public:nnels:etext:poetry|Poetry]] for more info.
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 +Q: The story "Goodmind" in "Before the Usual Time" uses lots of italics. In some cases it is implied that it is the main character's thoughts, though it is not explicitly stated. Would I still apply the emphasis style? The story also uses italics to denote messages that the main character receives through an online chat platform. Would that run along the same lines as thoughts (in which case we would keep the emphasis style) or should I change those to normal formatting?
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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 "Before the Usual Time" capitalization is used for emphasis (ex. "What if I could GUARANTEE you'll see your work last until the seventh generation?"). The wiki says we keep emphasis and capitalization for stylistic choices and when it adds meaning, which I would say this is. However in this case would it be better to keep it in all capitals as in the original, or would it be better to use strong or emphasis style as readers might read capitals out letter by letter?
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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 "//Maybe I// am //dying//". The original is in italics because it is a thought of the author in the moment, italicized to differentiate the thought from the rest of the text, but the "am" is in regular font to create emphasis within the thought sentence. Would it be best to just apply emphasis style to the italicized parts "Maybe I" and "dying" and leave "am" as normal/no style to indicate the emphasis within emphasis, or should I just apply emphasis style to the entire phrase?
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 +A: Style it they way it is in the original.
  
  
  
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