The meaning of phrases set off by underscores in Gutenberg

JefferySmith · Post by **JefferySmith** » May 22nd, 2017, 9:25 am

I am looking at several books in the sciences from Gutenberg, and there are phrases throughout that begin and end with an underscore character. Are those phrases intended to denote boldface, italics, quotes, or underlines?

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » May 22nd, 2017, 9:35 am

JefferySmith wrote:I am looking at several books in the sciences from Gutenberg, and there are phrases throughout that begin and end with an underscore character. Are those phrases intended to denote boldface, italics, quotes, or underlines?

The underscores generally denote that the word is in italics (in the text versions of the ebooks, and some of the older HTML versions). Its the default for Project Gutenberg (PG), if a Transcriber's Note hasn't mentioned it. And if the underscores are denoting something else, it will (should) be included in the Transcriber's Notes for the ebook.

Don,
who has produced about 100 books for PG through Distributed Proofreaders (DP)

JefferySmith · Post by **JefferySmith** » May 22nd, 2017, 9:48 am

Thanks, Don. I'll make the adjustments in my script.