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public:nnels:etext:bold-italics-underline-strikethrough [2019/06/20 12:37] rachel.osolen [Italics] |
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===== Bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough ===== | ===== Bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough ===== | ||
- | Generally speaking, our practice is to remove all formatting including text that is in bold, italics, underlined, or struck-through. We may consider retaining italics or bold in cases where they are necessary | + | These types of formatting can cause accessibility barriers |
- | If we need to use bold or italics, then we need to use the Styles in the NNELS template, and not direct formatting (via the toolbar). If we need to use strikethrough or underline, this will be one of the rare occasions when we use [[direct-formatting|direct formatting]]. | + | When we do keep Bold or Italics |
- | Where necessary, you can use the below two styles | + | * ''// |
+ | * '' | ||
- | * //Emphasis style// (italics) - this translates to the <em> tag in XML | + | If we need to use strikethrough or underline, |
- | * **Strong style** (bold) - translates to the < | + | |
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====Italics==== | ====Italics==== | ||
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Remove Italics from: | Remove Italics from: | ||
* paragraphs or blocks of text | * paragraphs or blocks of text | ||
+ | * Full sentences and long phrases (unless a thought or dream sequence.) | ||
* titles (books, movies, etc.) | * titles (books, movies, etc.) | ||
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* they are used to convey important meaning: | * they are used to convey important meaning: | ||
* In the sentence “I never said she stole my money.” Depending on which one of the seven words you emphasize, the sentence can have seven different meanings! | * In the sentence “I never said she stole my money.” Depending on which one of the seven words you emphasize, the sentence can have seven different meanings! | ||
+ | * Poetry (ask Production Coordinator) | ||
* Stage Directions | * Stage Directions | ||
* Thoughts | * Thoughts | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | < | + | < |
+ | <note tip> | ||
+ | Locating all the text and phrases that require emphasis can be tedious and time consuming. We came up with this possible solution for speeding up the process: have two word versions of the original (one to reformat and one to search for italics/ | ||
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+ | The current workflow as follows: | ||
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+ | * Download the word doc from cyberduck | ||
+ | * Open> | ||
+ | * Open new document and paste (use keep text only option so it is clear of all formatting) | ||
+ | * Save new document as working file (i.e. Title_Of_Book_YourLastName) | ||
+ | * Keep original with all formatting | ||
+ | * Keep both open at same time | ||
+ | * Use advanced search in original to locate italics/ | ||
+ | * Use search to find word/phrase in working copy to apply emphasis style | ||
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+ | This should help speed up the process of locating the emphasis in the original. | ||
+ | </ | ||
====Bold==== | ====Bold==== | ||
- | Remove bold from the text unless it conveys important meaning. | + | Remove bold from the text unless it conveys important meaning, such as poetry. |
+ | |||
+ | Bold text (or the < | ||
- | Bold text (or the < | + | It can also be used for character names in plays. [[public: |
====Underline==== | ====Underline==== | ||
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====Strikethrough==== | ====Strikethrough==== | ||
- | If strikethrough text needs to be retained (e.g., in a poem where it conveys important meaning), use direct formatting. | + | If strikethrough text needs to be retained (e.g., in a poem where it conveys important meaning), use direct formatting. |
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- | Q: I am editing a poem that uses strikethrough in its original format. Can I recreate this format for the daisy version? Or should I highlight these lines and the format change in an inline producer' | + | |
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- | A: Good question! In HTML5 we would simply mark the text with a ''< | + | |
+ | < | ||
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WCAG 2.0 - H49: [[https:// | WCAG 2.0 - H49: [[https:// |