When to Ignore Emphasis
The Weekly Dose of Braille is created by our Youth Services Librarian and Braille Transcriber, Denise Bean, with the help of our Instructional Materials team. It gives you a taste of braille examples that may be used in worksheets or textbook formatting. It is a miscellaneous mixture of tricky, sometimes challenging circumstances, that a braille transcriber may come across or question. Provided each week is a downloadable PDF file on each topic, a brf file can also be made available for your convenience.
Deciding whether or not to include a transcriber’s note is usually pretty straightforward. If any changes are made to the print, then yes—a transcriber’s note is required. But what happens for many of you, having a simple list can be a helpful go-to when navigating topics that don’t come up often in braille transcription. This week, we’ll take a look at when to ignore font attributes, and next week, we’ll flip the perspective and explore when font attributes should not be ignored.
Have an incredible week of transcribing! Your dedication and years of loyalty are appreciated!
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