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I agree that your example does not require that you retain the boldface — but to answer your question:
The code does not cover the situation you questioned. You cannot use the bold face indicator for letters which applies only to the letter which immediately follows it. You don’t individually bold face the I and V because they are not individual letters. That leaves you with the open and close bold face indicators which could cause a problem with the hyphen that follows. If it were absolutely necessary to retain a distinctive typeface in your situation, I think another method would have to be developed — either a tn stating that the roman numerals are in bold face, or perhaps enclosing the bold face roman numerals in grouping signs not otherwise used in your text.
Yes, the text “does” always specify in words the sections where answers will be found.
After reading your questions, I do think I can leave the bold face off and that it’s not necessary to keep it.
Thank you very much.The criteria for special margins are: must be displayed, signs of comparison are vertically aligned in print, and no sign of comparison may be preceded by any expression on its left. If your expression satisfies these requirements then you would use special margins. It’s easier to answer something like this when I can see a picture of the actual print. I am assuming that your expression is not embedded and that the equal signs all line up vertically. If that is the case, the word “or” should have no impact on your formatting.
Does the text define the use of bold face Roman numerals for the reader? Is the question always asked as in your example? If the text always specifies in words the sections where answers will be found, is it still necessary to use bold face? This would be so much easier if I had the book to look at. I know that is not possible, so be patient with my questions.
Some roman numerals are in regular type and some are in bold type.
The roman numerals in “regular type” are where questions can be found.
Example: I-10 and IV-30The roman numerals in “bold type” are where answers can be found.
Example: I-15 and IV-20Thank you
I apologize for inadvertantly ignoring this question. While I am working on the answer, could you explain why the bold needs to be retained on these Roman numerals?
In the particular example you show, I think I would treat this as a main item with subdivisions. So the original statement would be 1/5 and each of the two sentences below would start in 3 with any runovers in 5. If you decide to treat this as a statement with displayed items, the statement would be 1/3 and the displayed items would be 5/7.
I’m sorry for the delay in answering. Could you show me a specific example about this? I am having difficulty picturing your question.
You would braille the slash according to Computer Braille Code — which would be 34. This slash symbol would have to be defined along with any other Computer Braille Code symbols employed.
There IS a braille symbol for euro and it may be found in the 2007 BANA Update on page L7. It is listed as an additional symbol and is used in all transcriptions, like the dollar sign, trademark, percent sign,etc. It is [braille]@e (dot 4e) By all means, use it in a foreign language transcription as you would any other symbol of this type.
–Joanna
Thank you, Larry, for stressing perception and reminding me (as I often remind our volunteers) that we must re-read our transcriptions without preconceptions.
Hi, Dan,
I’m not sure I see what you see in Example 16.8-1. A slur after the last note of a string to be repeated is not ever included in the result of a repeat mark. I think the confusion is exactly what the example is intended to illustrate. While the slur in question is not included in the repeat according to the rule, its presence in the original may “interfere with the clear perception of phrasing.” Even though the repeat device does not technically include the slur, it does not erase it from the original. A reader who comes to the repeat device and goes back to re-read the repeated string will re-encounter that slur and want to connect it to the music that follows the repeat sign. Since there is doubt, the passage should be written out.
Example 16.8-5 reinforces the point. If single or double slurs are being used, the repeat device should not be employed, but sometimes bracket slurs may make the repeat sign usable. This distinction sometimes becomes very apparent in melismatic vocal music. See also Example 16.16-3.
Sometimes we transcribers are expected to follow rules that readers don’t need to be aware of, if we do our jobs well. This may be one of those instances.
I think 16.9 should be revised to say “tie or single- or double-slur,” and I’ve marked it to be brought up in the revising discussions.
Larry
Amazing! This question must not have occurred to the authors of the code or the editors of the De Garmo. The part-measure repeat sign clearly defines the meaning of the pseudo-eighth notes of the group, so I see no reason not to group before the repeat even if the next note is a true eighth. In any particular instance, try it out and see if you can detect any ambiguity. If you can misunderstand, don’t group in that case. I tried a number of hypothetical circumstances and couldn’t find any such ambiguities.
I’ll add this to the things to consider in updating the code.
Larry
When you are transcribing a book according to the rules of Braille Formats, those rules take precedence. So you would follow the print copy for capitalization. If all the print paragraph headings are in the same typeface, then you would also italicize the paragraph headings.
Have you considered attending the next NBA Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina on Oct 7-9, 2011, where there will be a comprehensive tactile graphics curriculum?
The University of Washington uses Adobe Photoshop as part of a multi-step process for converting print graphics to tactile graphics intended for printing to puff paper. Dan Comden has given lectures at braille conferences about the software.
Jim Barker, a Specialist at CTEBVI, gives lectures every year at the CTEBVI conference in the spring about using photoshop for tactile graphic production.
As a braillist, I would strongly encourage you to use Illustrator or Corel Draw rather than Photoshop for preparing tactile graphics. Photoshop is really intended for touching up pictures. Illustrator is more of a drawing tool which allows you to create images and add text.
Print graphic images are usually far to complex to be directly converted to tactile graphics. They need to be simplified, in some cases, radically simplified, so that only the essential information is conveyed.
