termination sign with dash

[shilton]

I am working on a language book that uses yellow highlighting for the vocabulary words. I am keeping this format since both bold and italics are used throughout the text. I have one sentence that begins, has the highlighted word followed by a dash, and then the sentence continues:

Example: first expedition--a trek across...

With the word expedition being highlighted, would the termination symbol be placed (spaced) after the dash?

[shilton]

See 5.6.3 in Font Attributes. The termination sign is placed after ending puncutation. Don't forget that the termination sign is preceded by a space. You'll see this is some of the samples showing the usage of the various font attribute indicators.

--Joanna

[joannavenneri]

Thank you. I had read that and done it that way, but it looked so strange that I wanted to make sure.

[joannavenneri]

It looks strange because it IS strange. It's new and different to me too. But just by luck, I am doing a language arts workbook full of single and double underlines and I'm used to it now. This new attribute thing is great to work with when you get used to it.

--Joanna

[joannavenneri]

I didn't realize that the new format guidelines are available online. I've been waiting for the print edition. Where would I find the online edition? Thanks

--Susan

[susanM]

My goodness. I think you will find this very helpful. It's a free .pdf download that is quite large. Each section is a separate .pdf and they are all bundled together in one large file. Go to the BANA website and get it there. http://www.brailleauthority.org

--Joanna

[susanM]

[quote=joannavenneri]My goodness. I think you will find this very helpful. It's a free .pdf download that is quite large. Each section is a separate .pdf and they are all bundled together in one large file. Go to the BANA website and get it there. http://www.brailleauthority.org

--Joanna[/quote]

Thank you!

Susan

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