Entries relating to Renditional issues:
Encoding document appearance: renditional informationGeneral notes on what kinds of renditional information we do and do not capture
Renditional distinction: overviewThe WWP uses a decision tree to help determine how to encode different kinds of renditionally distinct phrase-level text features.
Special typographyGeneral notes on what aspects of typography the WWP does and does not capture
Small capsEncoding of small capital letters, including notes on how the WWP defines and recognizes small capitals, and how they should be transcribed
Spacing and sizingRegularization of sizing and spacing, including regularization of vertical and horizontal space and of type size
Decorative capitalizationDecorative capitalization should be encoded with <hi>, with an optional type= attribute if categorization is useful.
DashesEncoding of dashes, including em-dashes and en-dashes, using entity references
Special characters: inverted charactersTreatment of characters which are printed upside down in the source
Rules and ornaments: definitionsTranscription of rules and ornaments using an entity reference
Quotation marksQuotation marks should be captured where possible as renditional information modifying the element that motivates their appearance.
Punctuation and quotesTranscription of punctuation in relation to quotation marks and the <q> and <quote> elements
Punctuation and fontTreatment of the font of punctuation, particularly in cases where the font is not accurately captured by the element context
Font of numbersTreatment of the font of numbers
LeadersTranscription of leaders (separators within column-formatted lists such as tables of contents)
ColumnsEncoding of multi-column layouts using the columns keyword in the renditional ladder
Special characters: superscriptionTreatment of superscripted characters using the rend= attribute or an entity reference
IndentationTreatment of indentation using the indent keyword in the rendition ladder; handling of indentation resulting from an enlarged initial capital letter
White spaceTreatment of vertical and horizontal white space
Type size and faceTreatment of type size and type face, information the WWP does and does not record
Rules and ornaments: use as delimitersEncoding of rules and ornaments as delimiters on elements, using the rend= attribute
Renditional defaultsMethods of setting renditional defaults, using the <tagsDecl> in the TEI header
Encoding document appearance: rendition ladders overviewGeneral notes on the use of the rendition ladder in the rend= attribute, overview of keyword/value structure
Rendition ladders: common keywords and valuesOverview of keywords and values used in the rendition ladder
Renditional keywords: break, and line break defaults for WWP elementsUse of the break keyword to capture line breaks between elements, including defaults assumed in WWP practice
Renditional keywords: slant and weightUse of the slant and weight keywords to capture italicization and bold type
Renditional keywords: pre, postUse of the pre and post keywords to capture characters printed before or after an element (used as delimiters)
Renditional keywords: caseUse of the case keywordto capture case, and approaches to transcription
Renditional keywords: general points on indentationOverview of the encoding of indentation, including absolute and relative indentation, first-line indentation, and negative indentation
Renditional keywords: indentSpecifics on the use of the indent keyword to encode indentation (absolute and relative)
Renditional keywords: first-indent and right-indentSpecifics on the use of the first-indent keyword and right-indent keyword to encode first-line indentation and right indentation
Renditional keywords: alignmentUse of the align keyword to encode horizontal alignment of elements whose position on the page is vertically constrained
Renditional keywords: placeUse of the place keyword to encode the vertical and horizontal position of elements whose position on the page is unconstrained
Renditional keywords: sub and supUse of the sub and sup keywords to encode subscription and superscription of letters
Renditional keywords: columnsUse of the columns keyword to indicate the number of columns in a page layout
Renditional keywords: posUse of the pos keyword to indicate the position of the remainder of a verse line which is printed on the line above or below
Renditional keywords: bracedUse of the braced keyword to encode bracing used to group together multiple lines (e.g. lines of poetry)
Renditional keywords: fill(Non)use of the fill keyword
Rendition ladders: borderUse of the border keyword to encode borders around elements
Renditional keywords: bestow and bequeathUse of the bestow and bequeath keywords to propagate renditional information from an element to its children or descendants
Renditional keywords: get(Non)use of the get keyword to duplicate the renditional features of a given element on other elements

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