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====Common Types of Complex Formatting===== | ====Common Types of Complex Formatting===== | ||
- | The more common forms of complex formatting are spacing, line justification, | + | The more common forms of complex formatting are: |
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+ | * spacing, | ||
+ | * line justification, | ||
+ | * and concrete poetry. | ||
In poetry the use of blank space on a page, between lines, words, or even letters, can be used to convey meaning. We can not retain blank spaces. | In poetry the use of blank space on a page, between lines, words, or even letters, can be used to convey meaning. We can not retain blank spaces. | ||
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+ | ====Images in Poems==== | ||
+ | Sometimes you will come across images of text in poems. This is a big no-no in publishing and not accessible. See the section on [[https:// | ||
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+ | We transcribe all images of text and mark up with the appropriate NNELS styles. If it was a case of complex formatting, then use an In-Text Producer' | ||
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+ | Sometimes you will find the poet has used an image of a black bar to signify the censorship of a word of phase. In this can you can keep the image and add the Alt-Text "Thick black bar blocking out word/ | ||
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+ | Q: Another poetry question: In the book Treaty #, on page 1, 33, and 63, there are a bunch of backwards words. They' | ||
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+ | A: In this case, leave it as is since it is the intent of the author to have it difficult or impossible to read. Insert a inline producer' | ||
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+ | Q: In the book of poetry I'm working on (St. Boniface Elegies), there are quite a few words marked with italics. On the page on poetry in the wiki, it says, " | ||
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+ | A: You can retain the italics in the lines of poetry, but remove the italics from the titles, blockquotes, | ||
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+ | Q: Also relating to the book of poems (St. Boniface Elegies), I've come across a poem that is divided into sections and each section has a title. So essentially they are sub-titles and normally I would give them the next level of headings. But since this is poetry, I'm not sure how to handle them. Should I tag the sub-titles with the Poem - Title style? With the next level heading style? Or not tag them at all? The poem I'm referring to is called " | ||
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+ | A: Keep them as Poem (DAISY), but retain the italics. You can also put an inline producers note to explain what you have done. The wiki has some examples of this in the poetry section. | ||
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**Q: I am editing a poetry book that uses Italian, French, and Latin. | **Q: I am editing a poetry book that uses Italian, French, and Latin. | ||
A: Unfortunately, | A: Unfortunately, |