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 <note>Strikethrough is inaccessible to most people with print disabilities, so we only leave it in poetry.</note>
+<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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 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!
+{{:public:nnels:etext:screen_shot_2021-10-20_at_3.12.39_pm.png?400|}}
+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 ''strong'' style.
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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, the vocabulary terms are also at the bottom of the page they are found on. The text specifies: "Terms that require a definition will be shown in bold font. For these terms, there will be a definition provided at the bottom of the text and/or in the back of the book in the glossary." Regarding the vocabulary terms, should I apply strong style? Regarding the terms and definitions at the bottom of the pages, should I leave them as part of the natural flow of text or treat them as an aside? Thanks!
+{{ :public:nnels:etext:screen_shot_2021-10-02_at_8.31.23_pm.png?400 |}}
+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," in the story "How I saved Christmas" the author uses lists that have bold and underlined titles. I know we are not supposed to use bold and underline formatting except when it conveys important information, such as poetry, so I am wondering if it would be appropriate to format these as nested lists, with the title at level 1 and the listed items at level 2? See example:
+{{:public:nnels:etext:awsp_-_list.png?200|}}
+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 "Things to do today"?
+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," in the story "How I saved Christmas" the text includes some short poems with bolded and underlined titles, e.g. Vidoe Games and Pornos. Should the bold and underline formatting be removed and normal style applied to all three lines of the poem?
+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.
+{{:public:nnels:etext:awsp_-_poems.png?200|}}
+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?
+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?
+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?
+A: Style it they way it is in the original.
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