User:Zoeannl/Project guideline/Proofreader’s Guide/Font style
- Type ''double apostrophes'' for ''italic'' and '''three apostrophes''' for '''bold'''
- Type double apostrophes for italic and three apostrophes for bold
- You can do '''''bold''' within italic'' or '''bold with ''italic'''''
- You can do bold within italic or bold with italic
''"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you."
"Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left{{bar|2}}"'' See?
gives wrong result
"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you." "Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left" See?
{{italic block|"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you."
"Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left{{bar|2}}"}} See?
gives wrong result
"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you." "Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left"
See?
''"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you." "Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.''
''"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left{{bar|2}}"'' See?
gives right result but poor form
"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you." "Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left" See?
<i>"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you."
"Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left{{bar|2}}"</i> See?
gives
"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you." "Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left" See?
I want
{{i|"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you."
"Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left{{bar|2}}"}} See?
- ''This is not {{normal|Normal}} is it''</u>
- This is not Normal is it
- <u>Underline</u>
- Underline
- {{sp|Spaced Out}}
- Spaced Out
- {{blackletter|Gothic type}}
- Gothic type
- {{cursive|Cursive}}
- Cursive
- {{roman|499}}
- CDXCIX
- {{greyed|grey text}}, {{red|red text}}, {{green|green text}}
- grey text, red text, green text
Italics and Bold[edit]
This markup only applies within a text line and the OCR will automatically put a hard return at the end of each line. So if the text you want to format spans two lines, you will need to delete the hard return.
| Edit mode | Rendered text |
| ''This is one line (OCR puts a hard return here) and this is the next.'' |
This is one line and this is the next. |
| ''This is one line (hard return deleted here) and this is the next.'' |
This is one line and this is the next. |
{{italic block|Lorum ipsum}} This template italisises across hard returns—paragraphs. It forces a hard return so is for use for whole paragraphs.
{{italic block|"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you."
"Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left{{bar|2}}"}}
"I do," was my desperate reply. "Look at the sentence as dictated by you." "Well, but it means nothing," was the angry answer.
"Nothing if you read from left to right, but mark, if from right to left"
Italicised poetry will need each line italicised separately, or use <poem style="font-style:italic"> to italicise the whole poem.
It is considered good form to italicize words or phrases individually, i.e. around punctuation. E.g. Cf. Darwin. ''Cf.'' ''Darwin''; By Carl Marx. By ''Carl Marx''.; In a list: Apples, bananas and peaches. ''Apples'', ''bananas'' and ''peaches''. Where a whole sentence is italicized, the period is included. However, watch for italicized punctuation especially : and ;: here we respect the original.
Many typefaces found in older books used the same design for numbers in both regular text and italics or bold. So it is a printer’s convention (not the author’s intension) to not italicise numbers. For dates and similar phrases, format the entire phrase with one set of markup, rather than marking the words as italics (or bold) and not the numbers.
e.g. From p331 Darwin's Journal of Researches: ''March 29th.'' March 29th. for (printed) March 29th.
Italicized single quotes[edit]
To italicize 'this', enclose single quotes in curly brackets i.e. ''{{'}}this{{'}}'' to get 'this'
Italicized links[edit]
The italics markup must be outside the link markup, or the link will not work; however, internal italicization can be used in piped links.
- Incorrect: He died with [[''Turandot'']] still unfinished.
- Correct: He died with ''[[Turandot]]'' still unfinished.
He died with Turandot still unfinished.
- Correct: The [[USS Adder (SS-3)|USS ''Adder'' (SS-3)]] was a submarine.
The USS Adder (SS-3) was a submarine.
Italisised {{hws}} and {{hwe}}[edit]
Italisise the parts and whole words within the template.
{{hws|''begin''|''beginning''}}
{{hwe|''ning''|''beginning''}}
- beginning
Underline[edit]
<u>Here</u>
Here
Gothic Type[edit]
Note: {{blackletter|New York}}
New York
Cursive[edit]
signed
Roman[edit]
CDXCIX
Spaced Out Text (gesperrt)[edit]
Spaced Out
{{sp|Spaced Out}}
Format spaced out text with the {{sp}} template. Remove the extra spaces between letters in each word. This was a typesetting technique used for emphasis in some older books, especially in German.
Coloured Text[edit]
Text can be colored using the {{greyed}} and {{red}} templates. Red text was often used as a highlight in older works, especially on the title page. Greyed text can be used to indicate (important) text that has been written or typed onto the original document.
{{greyed|grey text}}, {{red|red text}}, {{green|green text}}
grey text, red text, green text
Superscripts[edit]
Older books often abbreviated words as contractions, and printed them as superscripts. Proofread these inserted into the {{sup|x}} template using the superscripted text. For example:
Original Image:
Genrl Washington defeated Ld Cornwall's army.
Correctly Proofread Text:
Gen{{sup|rl}} Washington defeated L{{sup|d}} Cornwall's army.
If the superscript represents a footnote marker, then see the Footnotes section instead.
The Project Manager may specify in the Project Comments that superscripted text be marked differently.
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Subscripts[edit]
Subscripted text is often found in scientific works, but is not common in other material. Proofread subscripted text inserted into the {{sub|x}} template using the subscripted text. For example:
Original Image: H2O.
Correctly Proofread Text:
H{{sub|2}}O.
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Large, Opening Capital Letter[edit]
Large initial letters at the start of a chapter, section, or paragraph are duplicated with a template. If it is an ornate initial, note it in the Index Discussion page (with .djvu number) as someone may take the trouble to insert an image instead.
Proofread a large first letter that sits below the first line using the drop initial template {{di|x}}.
Rarely, you may have a large first letter sitting on the first line. Use {{largeinitial|x}} for these.
'If you have an apostophe before the initial, use {{float left|'}} before the initial template
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Words in Small Capitals[edit]
Using the Small capitals template {{sc|Lorem}}, proofread the characters in Small Caps (capital letters which are smaller than the standard capitals) as lower case letters; capitals remain as capitals. For example
Original Image:
- Popular Science Monthly
- Creighton, J. E.
- a.m.
- B.C.
Correctly Proofread Text:
- {{sc|Popular Science Monthly}}
- {{sc|Creighton, J. E.}}
- {{sc|a.m.}}
- {{smaller|B.C.}}
It is considered good form to include a whole name etc. within the template rather than only the part with small caps, as in {{sc|Creighton, J. E.}}.
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References[edit]
Help[edit]
- Help:Beginner's_guide_to_typography#Format_text
- Help:Formatting_conventions
- Help:Formatting_conventions
- Wikisource:Style_guide#Formatting
- Help:Editing
- m:Help:Wikitext_examples
Scriptorium[edit]
Practice[edit]
- Go to Category:Index_Proofread to see how it is done (already proofread once) or Category:Index Not-Proofread to proofread OCRed text. These texts should be all ready to go—if you find the book isn't ready for proofreading (usually with a page missing or out of sequence) then the Project Manager needs to be informed; leave a note on the Project Discussion Tab with referenge to djvu page numbers.
- {{easy text}}. Texts without images, tables, non-keyboard characters, scores, maths.
- {{x-easy text}}. Easy and without references.