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Using asterisks to indicate new chapters when they appear mid-page
In Braille, neither bolding nor font size changes show up, which means that it is really difficult to tell when there is a new chapter or section. Therefore, three asterisks are added after each chapter title/name to make it clear where the chapter title or name ends and where the text begins. For example:
—–page break—
Chapter Three
***
[text]
—-page break—–
It could also look like this:
—–page break—–
[text from ch. 4]
***
Chapter Five: Kristy Kills
***
[text for ch. 5]
——–page break———
This is especially important if there is a chapter name. For example, Chapter Three: The Woman in Red (or whatever). Without the star, Braille readers would have no way of knowing whether or not “The Woman in Red” was the first line of text or a chapter title.
Three asterisks are NOT needed at the beginning of a page break before a new chapter but ARE needed if the chapter starts in the middle of the page. Three asterisks are also used to show other breaks in the text, whether it’s a change in narration and the sighted reader sees a font change or all italics, if there is a symbol in the page to indicate a time change or something, and when there is a new section of the book (such as Part One or Book One of several).
Most volunteers use three asterisks after each chapter number/title and before and after chapters that appear mid-page, as well as for parts and blank lines. If this is the most accessible, then it seems to make the most sense that we do it!
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