type forms not following print
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In the Braille Formats, Section 4, sample 4-3: cell 5 heading followed by cell 7 heading The question is about use of a type form in this sample. This is the only place I have seen a sample of the print using a type form and then not on the emphasized words and then right below it is the same words in a type form. The Brailled sample has NO italics on the paragraph and then italics applied to the emphasized words Nocturnal Spectator. The it follows print with the cell 7 heading in print has italics on these words and the braille does too. What is the reasoning for changing it and having not followed print, then followed print and is this common?
Great question!
The text is an epigraph. The guidelines state to omit font attributes unless needed for distinction.
In this situation, it was decided that the words "Nocturnal Spectator" are being emphasized by NOT being in italics.
In braille, we "reverse emphasize" words in this situation.
Charles, I've been trying to wrap my head around this example/situation as well. I do understand that reverse emphasis can be done, but what guidelines link to reverse emphasis? I've been trying to find it in the guidelines, but I couldn't find anything specific. Is it an interpretation?
If so, would that passage still be considered braille correctly if it was done in italics except Nocturnal Spector? I've seen other examples done this way, so I wanted to confirm with someone if there's one way we should approach it based on a guideline, or if it could be done either way.
Thank you for your help and time!
Hey! Great follow up!
The committee, at that time, felt that it was more useful to the reader to emphasize Nocturnal Spectator. Braille Formats cannot anticipate every situation. It is the framework for making structural decisions.
Braille formats does not (at this time) use the term "reverse emphasis." It is wording that I have always used and derived from industry leaders during my own study of braille. It is not directly codified in the 2016 Guidelines. But it is indirectly shown in Sample 4-3. All of the samples and examples in Braille Formats show the correct application of the code guidelines. While some view the examples and samples as merely suggestions (and that approach is valid), I consider them to be just as much a part of the code as the numbered guidelines.
And that is why I answered the way that I did.
When we answer forum questions, many times there are situations that the code books do not address. Our answers come from both our knowledge and our experience. They sometimes go beyond the rules and state how we, as individuals, would handle the excerpt.
Wow! That was long. I think you just wanted to know if the other way was acceptable. (smiley face)
Either way is acceptable. You can choose to empasize the passage and de-emphasize Nocturnal Spectator. Or use reverse emphasis.
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