Hi. Yes I usually hate this sort of thing. The contraction for the word it is x, that doesn't mean you should contract the acronym IT to be x as well. To me it happens due to computer based rules and humans don't usually make the same mistake. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: John G. Heim via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: 19 February 2022 17:06 To: blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: John G. Heim <jheim@math.wisc.edu> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] OT: Braille for IT? I am working on a program that takes a string of text and generates a 3D printer file that prints the text in braille. I'm using liblouis to generate the ASCII braille and it generated, ",,x" for the string "IT". Like in the title, "IT Manager", it made the IT be a double capital sign and then the letter x. Yes, an x all by itself is the word "it". But is that shortcut legitimate braille for an acronym? If I was doing it by hand, I'd have done the double cap sign and then the letters i and t. PS: As a proof of concept, I'm trying to make a plaque for my manager's office door, if I can. I thought she'd get a kick out of it. -- ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim@math.wisc.edu _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org