Styles
Overview
The styles used in Scripture translation have been standardized by the
United Bible Societies, and are documented in detail
here. OurWord uses a small
subset of these styles, choosing only those that are commonly encountered during
drafting. Our goal has been to not confuse the translator with the many styles that are
used typically for publishing; but rather, to keep it relatively simple and non-confusing.
A single stylesheet is defined for all of the projects within a cluster. When
you use the Configuration Dialog to edit it, you are setting up styles across the entire cluster.
List of Styles
Following is a list of the styles supported by OurWord, followed by its
closest corresponding USFM marker (and linke to the UBS documentation) and a brief description
of how it is used. (The UBS documentation has examples of usage.) Where the Toolbox standard format marker
differs from the UBS, it is also listed.
Caption
(fig/cap) -
A picture's caption. In USFM this is used to specify the file, copyright, and other informaiton;
for OurWord's purposes it is merely the style of the paragraph containing the caption.
Footnote
(f/fn,
x) -
USFM defines both a Footnote and a Cross Reference. OurWord uses a single style for both, the
Footnote style. In USFM you can specify different types of footnotes and cross references; again,
OurWord just uses a single paragraph for all of it.
Header
(h) -
The Running Header paragraph is generally the first paragraph in the book, is used to show the
name of the book, and is reproduced on each page's footer, together with the page number and
potentially other information.
Line 1, Line 2, Line 3
(q1, q2, q3) -
These styles are used to define lines of poetry, or other similar lines such as genealogical lists.
Line Centered
(qc) -
Centered poetic line.
Major Section Head
(ms) -
These headings are used for large text divisions, such as the five division in Psalms.
Major Section Range
(mr) -
The Scripture reference/range for the Section Head. For example, the first division of Psalms
covers a range of "Chapter 1-41".
Paragraph
(p) -
Normal paragraph. Most Scripture paragraphs are styled this way.
Paragraph Continuation
(m) -
This paragraph is used to continue a Paragraph, e.g., that has poetry embedded in it. Typically
the paragraph will be styled as first line indented, and the Continuation will not have the
first line indented.
Parallel Passage Reference
(r) -
These usually appear just udner a Section Head (s), and are typically used to refer to
parallel passages.
Section Head, Section Head 2
(s, s2) -
The title of a section or pericope. Most of these are the top-level Section Head, but occasionally
a longer section will be broken down into second-level sections.
Title Main, Title Secondary
(mt, mt2/st) -
The Bible book's title and optional secondary title. For example, "The Gospel According to" would be a
secondary title, and "Luke" would be the main title.
In additon to the paragraph styles above, there are also a handful of character
styles:
Chapter Number
(c) -
The Chapter Number, normally large and drop-cap.
Footnote Letter
(f) -
The letter that references a footnote, both within the body text, and at the beginning of
the footnote itself.
Verse Number
(v) -
The Verse Number, including verse bridges and partial verses, such as "3-5a".