ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS STANDARD

GAMA ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS STANDARD
5.2.2 Style Support
The display electronic text should support any combination of the following attributes:
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Highlight
• Reverse video
• Special characters
• Color (see Section 5.2.7)
5.2.3 Typefaces
Typeface support within the retrieval software should allow adjusting font size for appropriate screen display
and printed output.
Typeface support must be in accordance with GAMA Specifications 1 and 2. Refer to the display rules in
Section 5.1 of this specification for additional considerations.
5.2.4 Distinguishing Titles
Title display must be in accordance with GAMA Specifications 1 and 2. Refer to the display rules in Section
5.1 of this specification for additional considerations.
5.2.5 Tables
It is mandatory that table meaning be preserved in both display and print. Ruling lines in complex tables can
convey meaning, and therefore, the following guidelines should be used to select the appropriate display
method. Refer to the display rules in Section 5.1 of this specification for additional considerations.
Tables should be displayed as text when:
• The retrieval software is capable of generating ruling lines, or
• The lack of ruling lines does not affect the table's meaning.
Tables should be displayed as graphics when the lack of ruling lines does affect the table's meaning.
5.2.6 Character Set
To augment the limited number of special characters found in the extended ASCII range of common Microsoft
Windows® fonts (e.g., º, ± ¼, ½, ¾, £), any ISO standard entity set may be used. These entity sets should be
declared in the DTD. If additional characters are needed beyond those available in ISO entity sets, the user
should create a custom entity set with the additional characters required, declare the entity set in the DTD
and transmit the entity set, with a description of the characters needed, with the DTD.
20 MARCH 1999