Index talk:The Rainbow, Lawrence, 1921 reprint.djvu

Gutenberg

A version of this book is also available at Project Gutenberg[1], just in case an editor here wants to check some uncertain text. Outlier59 (talk) 00:56, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Chapter title styles

This is the chapter title style I'm using, using the second chapter as an example: {{c|CHAPTER II}} {{c|{{smaller|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}}}} {{dropinitial|S}}HE

(edit the wikitext to see it properly).

When there is a chapter subdivision, use {{c|{{sc|I}}}}. BethNaught (talk) 19:20, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

It helps if you give a link to the page you're using as a sample format page. The second chapter is Chapter 2. I think the sub-heading might be small-caps?.... Hope that is helpful. :) Outlier59 (talk) 01:55, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

That's what I originally thought, but {{sc|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}} is the wrong size, {{sc|they live at the marsh}} displays correct but (it seems to me) is stupid syntax, and {{smaller|{{sc|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}}}} is display-equivalent to {{smaller|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}}. Note the sub-heading does not have any letters larger than the others, they're all the same size. What do you think? BethNaught (talk) 11:45, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Here's the comparison...

THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH {{sc|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}} is equivalent to

THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH (no special formatting).

they live at the marsh {{sc|they live at the marsh}} makes the caps the same height as the lower-case letters.

THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH {{smaller|{{sc|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}}}} is equivalent to

THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH {{smaller|THEY LIVE AT THE MARSH}}, taller and thinner than small-caps.

Technically, the letters are probably small caps. For simplicity and readability I often use "smaller" instead of small-caps. I think many computer fonts lack small-cap letters, so it's probably rendered as "smaller" anyhow. As far as I'm concerned, it's your decision. I just wanted to let you know about the question.

Here's another comparison...

I {{sc|I}} is the same as

I I (no special formatting).

That's why something like 1700 a.d. doesn't work with capital A and D... 1700 A.D.. Outlier59 (talk) 23:10, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

• The footered page number on new chapter pages should be {{center|{{smaller|}}. BethNaught (talk) 15:06, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Centred block

See page 76 for how I've done the small centre block: {{center block|{{smaller| {{fqm|"}}Sing a song of sixpence<br /> Pocketful of posies,<br /> Ascha! Ascha!{{bar|2}}" }}}}

Again, will have to edit the wikitext to see this. BethNaught (talk) 10:24, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Bars

Bars which are longer than emdashes are typically 2 emdashes long i.e. {{bar|2}}. I know this because I measured it with my ruler. BethNaught (talk) 13:04, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Table of Contents

I don't mean to interfere with what you're doing here, but if you need help creating this (table of contents) at Page:The Rainbow, Lawrence, 1921 reprint.djvu/13, see Category:TOC templates. -- Outlier59 (talk) 00:07, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

So much choice! Thank you for the advice, it is indeed appreciated. BethNaught (talk) 05:32, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

I think that TOC looks REALLY GOOD for now! Billinghurst doesn't like that dotted TOC template (a bit complex, I agree), but I like the dots (just a personal preference). Later, you can add mainspace and djvu links to sort of pull it all together, in mainspace and the index TOC. Maybe all of that isn't needed for modern Internet linking, but I like to see well-organized and clear stuff on the pages I'm working on. Again, just a personal preference, not any sort of Wikisource policy. Happy editing! Outlier59 (talk) 02:44, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

If you want to, you can add the Table of Contents to the index file display by adding {{Page:The Rainbow, Lawrence, 1921 reprint.djvu/13}} in the Table of Contents box on the Index Page. Use the edit tab to see this box. Outlier59 (talk) 23:45, 16 July 2016 (UTC)