[Stylist] basic tutorial on prepping docs for sighted readers

[Annie Chiappetta]

Hi all,
I was thinking about my own poetry book when referring to centering poems.
Some poems just can’t be centered and must be left justified because of the length of each line.
Thanks,
Annie

 Author and Consultant 
www.annchiappetta.com. 
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> On Jun 27, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Jackie via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Annie,
> This is good advice and easy to follow.
> I might disagree with centering poetry. Pauline Mounsey, publisher of The Lucid Stone, a poetry quarterly for many years, discouraged us strongly from this practice. Our teacher for the Granite Reef Poets for years, said it could actually keep us from getting a poem published, or selected in a contest.
> I would like to hear from the other poets on this list about this topic.
> Your submissions to this list are valuable, and I always look forward to reading them, though I do not always get off a response.
> My thanks.
>  
> Jacqueline Williams
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> Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.
>      Jenny Xie
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> From: Stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ann Chiappetta via Stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 6:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Stylist] basic tutorial on prepping docs for sighted readers
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> Hi,
> This subject is a very broad one, for sure so  I  will keep to a  focused statement.
> . For informational articles and essays I  use simple text blocks and no indents. Heading can be centered and bolded to draw the eye.
> One can make bullet lists, which also focuses on the subject and point for this  type of writing.
>  
> One can also center poems. I’d like to say, that I  grew up sighted, and want to also say simple works better than all the fancy shmancy fonts and flourishes. If your writing is good, you don’t need embellishment’s. This can take away from the writing. Also, type fonts should be simple, without the serifs and little tails and such. Fonts with too many sweeps and tails or angles are hard to read for folks with low vision and sometimes scanning software confuses the letters. I  use Calibri or ariel, both well known and used all over the web and in printed books. I used Ariel for all my own books, too.
> I  think old-fashioned typesets like times new roman will soon be a thing of the past.
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> Best,
> Annie
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> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sandra Streeter via Stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 5:27 PM
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> Cc: Sandra Streeter <sandrastreeter381 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Stylist] basic tutorial on prepping docs for sighted readers
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> Not looking for something that tells me what I have done—but what specifically to do to enhance how a doc looks to sighted readers. Mine, at this point, are very plain, and I just want to pretty them up in ways that are typical, but because I am not a native print user, I am not sure always of what markings, graphics or whatever work for given situations. What I ineffectively articulated before is, I could probably learn this by reading a typical doc using the super-detailed settings in JAWS, but am loath to, because of mild Aspergers that makes that kind of fine detail crazymaking—too much of a good thing! So, I’d rather have someone explain what works best for people, what makes docs pleasing to the eye, and how to accomplish it (though the how-to’s, I can probably learn elsewhere). So, hope this clarifies somewhat.
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> Sandra
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