06-07-2009, 02:13 PM | #16 |
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Alrighty. Here is the ePub without major malfunction--as far as I can tell. Valid too.
Any suggestions as to how to make it look better? (Assuming it needs it.) - Ahi |
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I think you should consider hanging indentation, and place the numbers in superscript. Actually, I think you should remove the numbers entirely. They're dominating the text. Bu in superscript they probably won't.
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Also, you don't think the numbers would be almost unreadable at lower font sizes if they are in superscript? I'll try your suggestion of removing the numbers and/or superscripting them, though this translation generally uses them as prominently as they appear in the ePub. Can you take a look at one of the PDFs ( www.PaxLibrorum.com/ebooks/ ) and tell me if you find the numbers off-putting there too? If not, then perhaps there is some subtle formatting (short of subscripting or wholesale removal) that could make them more tolerable in the ePub too. Thank you for taking the time, Nate! (Not to mention thank you for taking the somewhat ornary bait that lured you here.) - Ahi |
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Another possibility would be to only number 1,5 10, 15, etc in parenthesis. I checked the PDF, and they dominate there as well. As for the indentation, I would experiment with both hanging and regular indentation to see which works best. My guess is that hanging indentation will be better. On a related note, I think the formatting as supplied by the original translator is wrong. Points 3 and 4 be written together. Points 5 through 10 should be subordinate to 3&4. Also, point 13 should be subordinate to point 12. I think you should consider not following the editorial decisions of the original translator. I think it would make a better book. Last edited by Nate the great; 06-09-2009 at 12:41 AM. |
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Due to a desire to remain faithful to the (acknowledgedly imperfect) original (1910 edition) I am unlikely to make editorial changes per se... but upon reflection, the numbers might not be a terrible idea to remove in an unannotated edition. Thanks, Nate! - Ahi |
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I think this is not 100% right. I believe the original Chinese is in the form of quotations, and though they were not numbered, they certainly are discernibly separate. How about this... I think I am going to leave the ePub without major alterations like you are suggesting (other than perhaps adjusting the spacing here and there a bit); but will make a version of it available for the MobileRead community to hack away/fix up to their heart's content. It is public domain after all. - Ahi |
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Given that the original is written in Chinese, I really don't think that its formatting will be terribly helpful from the point of view of giving "hints" for an English version .
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