SE’s productions of William Shakespeare’s plays are based on Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s transcriptions produced by Jeremy Hylton.
+S.E.’s productions of William Shakespeare’s plays are based on Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s transcriptions produced by Jeremy Hylton.
When it comes to Shakespeare’s plays, there are infinite page scans available, but each edition can differ in stage directions, stage direction formatting, punctuation, spelling, personas, and even dialogue. For SE’s productions, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright’s 1887 Victoria Edition is used as the gold standard.
+When it comes to Shakespeare’s plays, there are infinite page scans available, but each edition can differ in stage directions, stage direction formatting, punctuation, spelling, personas, and even dialogue. For S.E.’s productions, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright’s 1887 Victoria Edition is used as the gold standard.
Normalizes spacing in em-, en-, and double-em-dashes, as well as between nested quotation marks, and adds word joiners.
-While se typogrify does a lot of work for you, each ebook is totally different so there’s almost always more work to do that can only be done by hand. In Jekyll, you’ll notice that the chapter titles are in all caps. The SE standard requires chapter titles to be in title case, and se titlecase can do that for us.
While se typogrify does a lot of work for you, each ebook is totally different so there’s almost always more work to do that can only be done by hand. In Jekyll, you’ll notice that the chapter titles are in all caps. The S.E. standard requires chapter titles to be in title case, and se titlecase can do that for us.
se titlecase accepts a string as its argument, and outputs the string in title case. Many text editors allow you to configure external macros—perfect for creating a keyboard shortcut to run se titlecase on selected text.
There are many things that se typogrify isn’t well suited to do automatically. Check our complete typography manual to see exactly how to format the work. Below is a brief, but incomplete, list of common issues that arise in ebooks:
Using the epub3 semantic inflection language to add deeper meaning to tags.
-Currently we use a mix of epub3 structural semantics, z3998 structural semantics for when the epub3 vocabulary isn’t enough, and our own SE semantics for when z3998 isn’t enough.
+Currently we use a mix of epub3 structural semantics, z3998 structural semantics for when the epub3 vocabulary isn’t enough, and our own S.E. semantics for when z3998 isn’t enough.
Use se semanticate to do some common cases for you:
se semanticate .
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll
Words or phrases in foreign languages should always be marked up with <i xml:lang="TAG">, where TAG is an IETF language tag. This app can help you look them up. If the text uses fictional or unspecific languages, use the “x-” prefix and make up a subtag yourself.
Semantics for poetry, verse, and song: Many Gutenberg productions use the <pre> tag to format poetry, verse, and song. This is, of course, semantically incorrect. See the Poetry section of the SEMOS for templates on how to semantically format poetry, verse, and song.
Semantics for poetry, verse, and song: Many Gutenberg productions use the <pre> tag to format poetry, verse, and song. This is, of course, semantically incorrect. See the Poetry section of the SEMOS for templates on how to semantically format poetry, verse, and song.
After you’ve added semantics according to the Standard Ebooks Manual of Style, do another commit.
git add -A git commit -m "Semanticate"
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se find-mismatched-diacritics lists these instances for you to review. Spelling should be normalized across the work so that all instances of the same word are spelled in the same way. Keep the following in mind as you review these instances:
In modern English spelling, many diacritics are removed (like chalet). If in doubt, ask the SE Editor-in-Chief.
In modern English spelling, many diacritics are removed (like chalet). If in doubt, ask the S.E. Editor-in-Chief.
Even though diacritics might be removed in English spelling, they may be preserved in non-English text, or in proper names.
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry JekyllThe image you pick should be a “fine art” oil painting so that all Standard Ebooks have a consistent cover style. This is actually easier than you think, because it turns out most public domain artwork is from the era of fine art.
You must provide proof of public domain status to the SE Editor-in-Chief in the form of a page scan of the painting from a -or-older book, and the Editor-in-Chief must approve your selection before you can commit it to your repository.
+You must provide proof of public domain status to the S.E. Editor-in-Chief in the form of a page scan of the painting from a -or-older book, and the Editor-in-Chief must approve your selection before you can commit it to your repository.
The Standard Ebooks Editor-in-Chief has the final say on the cover image you pick, and it may be rejected for, among other things, poor public domain status research, being too low resolution, not fitting in with the “fine art” style, or being otherwise inappropriate for your ebook.
diff --git a/www/css/core.css b/www/css/core.css index 318ba50b..002d0509 100644 --- a/www/css/core.css +++ b/www/css/core.css @@ -1772,6 +1772,10 @@ article.ebook section aside.donation p::after{ display: none; } +.acroynm{ + font-variant: all-small-caps; +} + @media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse){ /* target ipads and smartphones without a mouse */ /* For iPad, unset the height so it matches the other elements */ select[multiple]{ diff --git a/www/donate/index.php b/www/donate/index.php index 43ea5a53..0a02327e 100644 --- a/www/donate/index.php +++ b/www/donate/index.php @@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ require_once('Core.php');Is there a book you want to see made into a beautiful digital edition? You can give the gift of literature to readers everywhere by sponsoring an addition to the Standard Ebooks catalog.
Donate at one of the levels below and a book you select will be carefully hand-produced into an ebook edition that meets our high standard of quality, before becoming a permanent addition to our online catalog for the world to read, share, and reuse free of cost or U.S. copyright restrictions. Your name will appear in the ebook’s colophon and metadata, sealing your legacy as a sponsor of the literate arts.
-Before you make your donation, contact the SE Editor-in-Chief to confirm that your ebook selection will be accepted at your chosen donation level. These are the general rules:
+Before you make your donation, contact the S.E. Editor-in-Chief to confirm that your ebook selection will be accepted at your chosen donation level. These are the general rules:
Your selection must meet our collections policy. The SE Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to modify or reject a selection for any reason.
+Your selection must meet our collections policy. The S.E. Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to modify or reject a selection for any reason.
Your selection must have a usable transcription available online, for example at Project Gutenberg or Wikisource. In general, Standard Ebooks doesn’t create new transcriptions or work with raw OCR output.
+Your selection must have a usable transcription available online, for example at Project Gutenberg or Wikisource. In general, Standard Ebooks doesn’t create new transcriptions or work with raw O.C.R output.
Your selection’s word count will be calculated from the source transcription using the SE toolset, and includes front and back matter like forewords and endnotes. Contact the SE Editor-in-Chief before donating so that we can calculate your selection’s word count for you; a word processor can give you an estimate, but we must make the final determination. Note that the final ebook’s word count will differ.
+Your selection’s word count will be calculated from the source transcription using the S.E. toolset, and includes front and back matter like forewords and endnotes. Contact the S.E. Editor-in-Chief before donating so that we can calculate your selection’s word count for you; a word processor can give you an estimate, but we must make the final determination. Note that the final ebook’s word count will differ.
Standard Ebooks is the sole decisionmaker regarding all aspects of ebook editing and production. Trust us to create an artifact of beauty.