Re: Help me with text emphasis

[Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

Hi, Peggy.
Here are some suggestions:

>      "For example, to search the Words in Text field for either

>      the term *oil* or the term *petroleum*, enter *oil,
                <bold>            <bold>             <in quotation
>      petroleum*. The resulting set will contain records having
       marks>
>      either the term *oil* or the term *petroleum*. The operator
                       <bold>            <bold>
>      OR searches for records that meet *any* of the search
                                         <italic>
>      criteria.

>      "If you wish to OR *between* fields, you must use the Guided
                          <italic>
>      Search."

Summary: Use bold to highlight or talk about a specific word or
term. For words or terms that the user is to type or enter, put
it in quotation marks. For words *you* as the author are
emphasizing, use italics.

>  Another question: when we use italics and bolding, we want to
>  use a font for each that is a bit different from the text font
>  (otherwise, we find our bolding and italic getting lost). I say
>  that if we do that, ALL instances of italic and bold must adhere
>  to that same font--that is, if you bold a word such as
>  *petroleum* above and you bold chapter references, both must be
>  in the same font. (Some here have argued that *petroleum* should
>  be in a different bold font for special emphasis, while a bolded
>  chapter reference should simply be the regular text font
>  bolded.)

Without going into a lot of detail about typography, bold and
italic *are* considered different fonts. What I think you are
talking about changing is the "face" or typeface (Times Roman,
Garamond, etc.).

If bold and italic of one typeface are not providing enough
distinctness, then I would recommend trying a different typeface
for all the body text, not just for the emphasized words. You
*can* do it the way you suggest, but it is very tricky and will
take a well-trained eye to choose a complementary typeface.

You risk the professional image of your documents by being
tempted to mix typefaces. A different typeface for headings and
subheadings is common practice (e.g., a serif face for body text
and a sans serif face for headings and subs), but I don't
recommend mixing typefaces within the body text.

>  And one MORE question: how do you handle internal references to
>  chapters and subheadings? Do you put chapter heads in italic,
>  heading in bold, or some such? Or would you use the same
>  emphasis technique for both the chapter titles and the
>  subheadings?

I wouldn't use any emphasis for internal references to chapters
and subheadings. They should be in the same font as your
unemphasized body text.

Good luck. I'm sure you'll receive several suggestions!

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