- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:53:45 -0500
- To: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>, WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Joe Clark wrote: No. The page author may use any style he or she desires. There are more ways to distinguish headings than size (what about colour, as mentioned in another of those mutually-contradictory recent messages?). You cannot uniformly declare there are *no* cases where you do *not* need to distinguish headings from text in terms of size. BTW, how *does* a size difference work in Braille? Jim: Braille has limited formatting capabilities. See information below. Most braille translators will import HTML and apply appropriate braille formatting to structural tags (Hx, p, ul, ol). >From the MegaDots Braille Translation Software Manual <megadots> Headings There are three kinds of headings in braille: major headings, minor headings, and paragraph headings. A major heading is centered, with a blank line before the heading, and a blank line after it. Some braille groups do not put a blank line after a major heading. Technically, this is a violation of the rules for braille. A minor heading is blocked to cell five. This means that the heading starts on the fifth cell of the line. Any runover also starts on the fifth cell of the line. Usually, there is a skipped line before a minor heading, but not after a minor heading. A paragraph heading is a line or phrase in italics (or some other emphasis) that labels a paragraph and is immediately followed by text on the same line. If this is done in inkprint, do the same in braille, using italics. Braille rules require that there be at least one line of body text after a heading or headings on the same page. If there is not enough room on the page for the heading(s) and a line of body text, then the heading(s) need to be postponed to the top of the next braille page. Before you start a braille project, you need to structure the document. You need to analyze how many levels of headings there are. You need to decide which of these should be done as a major heading, and which should be done as a minor heading. </megadots> Capitalization should match that of the inkprint version (all, initial, sentence). Note: HTML import will use the case and text content of the tag (e.g. <h1>) and will ignore any style (linked, embedded, or attribute) (e.g. uppercase) that may be applied to the tag. Text may also include emphasis (bold, italic). Jim Allan, Webmaster & Statewide Technical Support Specialist Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
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