USFM and colour codes .... \z?

Question

L.S. I would like to be able to specify a colour code of some sort in Paratext, to be used in the orthography guide that is part of the FRT. Right now we just use Bold, but not wanting to solely rely on what Inkjet printers can do I would like to add a colour (additionally) just in case:

\tr \th1 \bd Lettres jɔ\bd* \th2 \bd Comme en français\bd* \th3 \bd Exemple en jɔ\bd* \th4 \bd Sens en français\bd*
\tr \tc1 \bd a \bd* \tc2 p\bd a\bdtte \tc3 d\bd a\bd \tc4 feuille
\tr \tc1 \bd b \bd* \tc2 \bd b\bdar\bd b\bde \tc3 \bd b\bd*aa \tc4 chèvre

From what I know in USFM, the only way to do that is through the custom marker \z. Do you know of another way to prepare the paratext file for colour output?
Thanks in advance for your help.
goodgoan.

Answer 1

Does the following topic help with what you are wanting to do (adding colors to existing markers)?

How do I implement a custom stylesheet for my project? Helps

If you would like to amend the default styles used in Paratext to display text in the Preview and Standard views for a particular project, you can do so by doing the following: create a file (in Notepad, for example) with the name custom.sty save this file in the project folder (e.g. C:\My Paratext Projects\XYZ) Any marker whose formatting you wish to amend must be listed in custom.sty, followed by the formatting amendment. For example, the lines…: \Marker ip \Italic \Marker q \Color 167116…

Comments

Hi anon291708, I am not sure the marker color feeds into indesign (i.e. turns into a character style). What I want to achieve is this (for example). Does your suggestion make that possible?

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It wouldn’t automatically feed into InDesign, but it can be achieved in InDesign. Once the text with that character style reaches InDesign, the typesetter can configure the style with that color. I usually suggest that you put a Paratext Note to the typesetter at the first occurrence of the style and make your request there.

Blessings,

Answer 2

I suggest you use custom.sty and place whatever format markers are involved in it, making sure you apply whatever colour it is you want to that format marker in the custom.sty.