The term "superior" refers to text written above or below the "normal" text, raised (superscript or subscript) notations often used for footnotes and references. Many times these notations have special formatting rules, such as is the case with dictionaries, glossaries, vocabularies, and pronounciation guides. These cases will be discussed in later sessions. A standard example, however, is shown below:
Exercise: For the sentences in the exercise, write an S over each subject, a V over each verb, and DO over each direct object.
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S |
V |
DO |
| Example: |
Braille |
requires |
work. |
For this text, the transcriber has inserted a transcribers note before the example, describing the use of paragraph markers to indicate the superior text above the sentence. The braille version can be viewed in a separate window (a new browser window will open).
Some other specifics regarding superior letters and numbers:
- if you have small subscript/superscript numbers before or after words, the code states that they are placed unspaced in parentheses before or after the word(s), following the print copy. As in the example above, a transcribers note explains this notation.
- if you have superior letters in foreign expressions, the superscript is ignored and a period is placed after the abbreviation
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