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public:nnels:etext:text-breaks [2021/11/24 10:36]
leah.brochu
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rachel.osolen
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 ===== Context Breaks ===== ===== Context Breaks =====
  
-Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). +Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs (double or triple paragraph breaks), which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). 
  
 Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information.
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 [[https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/book-design-8-solutions-to-the-text-break-dilemma/|Types of context breaks]] [[https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/book-design-8-solutions-to-the-text-break-dilemma/|Types of context breaks]]
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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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 ==== Q&A Archive ==== ​ ==== Q&A Archive ==== ​
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 A: Yes. A: Yes.
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