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Braille Formats 1.8.2.f reads: When using typeform or capitals passage indicators, or code switch indicators, it is not necessary to terminate the indicators for the running head. The running head may be capitalized or emphasized and it does not affect the text in general. (from Updates to Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016 Approved March 2024)
Does this mean that if a running heading is used in a transcription, that a capitals terminator or other terminators need not be used in that running heading?
A running head is capitalized normally. If a running head contains a capitalized passage indicator, it must also have a capitals terminator.
The updated guideline is intended to clarify that the running head is ignored when determining the capitalization indicators for the surrounding text.
In the following example, the text at the bottom of one page (Line 25) carries over to the next braille page (Lines 2 and 3, following the running head). The title of the story is “The Boy and the Soccer Ball.”
Line 25: … Bobby read the sign, KEEP OFF THE
Line 1 (Running Head): The Boy and the Soccer Ball
Line 2: GRASS! I DO NOT WANT ANY OF MY FLOWERS
Line 3: DAMAGED!
In this example, it is not necessary to terminate the capitalized passage after “KEEP OFF THE” because of the running head. The capitalized passage indicator is opened before the word KEEP. The capitals terminator is used after the word DAMAGED. The running head is capitalized separately with its own indicators.
The running head is “anchored text” and does not affect capitalization or typeform indicators for text that precedes or follows it. The same principle applies to other anchored text like running footers and line numbers in line-numbered text.
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