TierFour Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I am new to this board and relatively new to Sanderson’s work. But so far I am hooked. I am far from the level of understanding that most exhibit here. So forgive the possible lack of merit to the post. I tried to search function and couldn’t find anything, but I wanted to get other’s thoughts on something I found peculiar. When Navani and Dalinar were speaking about his past wife, the kindle version has yellow and italicize text for her name: “Shshshsh.” (Chapter 67; Loc 15689). I understand that Dalinar and the reader are not supposed to know the name yet and "Shshshsh" was used in WoK. But my interest in this is about the typography itself. I have read many kindle books and have never seen that method used. Is there something similar in the physical books? Why the use of this specialized topography here? Thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I don't know about the yellow, but I think that it's supposed to convey the idea for how her name sounds in Dalinar's mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 The printed books just an italicized Shshshsh - maybe with a different typeface. It definitely doesn't have the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TierFour Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I agree -- and italicized words would convey the same meaning. I don't remember if a different color text was used in WoK, but the idea that only one word out of 1000+ pages be a different color is an interesting (and what I think is) a stylistic choice. And for the non-kindle readers, the way it appears in the book is equivalent to a strobe light - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 The printed books just an italicized Shshshsh - maybe with a different typeface. It definitely doesn't have the color. It was a lighter font color in my copies. More of a grey than a black, but definitely not yellow like the Kindle versions. No clue if it's a different typeface or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHyde Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 In the print book the text was a light grey, like the text was faded out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 In WoR, the First Edition hardcover copy includes "Shshshsh" as italic typeface, with a light grey coloring. Slightly lighter than the surrounding text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysanja Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 hmm what did they do in the audio-book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honor Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Audiobook naturally had narrator make "Shshshsh" sound......guess they couldn't figure out how to have the spoken word have a yellow highlight.. Edited March 24, 2014 by Honor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksiel Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Yellow text on kindle? This is the first time I hear such a thing is possible. Anyway, I have no explanation why it was used. My best guess is to represent the e-page being old, almost falling apart. Ok, it doesn't make much sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAhlstrom Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Yellow looks gray on an e-ink screen. On a color screen, you get to bask in wonderful yellow. Whee! Also, on some platforms, the text has a fuzzy glow around it. Brandon wants the text to be blurred and almost illegible, but there's only so much we can do. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TierFour Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thank you for the response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Feesh Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Was going to ask if that was Kindle Fire, but I guess that's been answered My Paperwhite (my precioussss) has grey also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I like the yellow "shshshsh", next book you should go with "(Name magically redacted)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 For some reason, I heard the lucky charms guy go "It's magically redacted!" at that. Then, "It's (magically redacted)!" Then, "It's (obscenity redacted)!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistdork Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Oh! That's why my Kindle editions have that weird...errr...fuzzy white outline thing. And honestly, it's not even gray, it's...nearly illegibly white/yellow of the screen (I have an older tan and black kindle with no color)... Now I feel special...or something like that... @Swimmingly: Perhaps it needs to be slightly green then. Though I think the right phrase might be "It's investedly redacted--" Nah, that...that really doesn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Aztec Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Yellow looks gray on an e-ink screen. On a color screen, you get to bask in wonderful yellow. Whee! Also, on some platforms, the text has a fuzzy glow around it. Brandon wants the text to be blurred and almost illegible, but there's only so much we can do. S̛̕҉͏͞h̶̵́̕͞s̴̶̀̀h̴͡s̵̨̕͜҉h͠҉̸̨͘s̶̀͟͠͠h̀͠͏͏͘ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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