Strikethrough

With strikeout is usually meant by a continuous line overwriting or overprinting of a word or a passage of text. You should explain the crossed out word invalid. This line can be seen as a special form of markup in a broader sense, since it does not change the text, but supplementing with a line only affects its meaning. This form of distinction is mainly used for non- modifiable later texts, especially on paper. Usually one tries to avoid the strikeout by using other correction options, for example by erase, delete or print from top color. Strike-through text but is specifically used as desired stylistic devices, such as in advertisements for bid prices, where a slash through the presentation of a higher amount ( actual or only suggested ) price advantage will prefixed.

In a sense one speaks in the oral speech of removing any unwanted statement or a false idea, such as: "This project can you point out it will not work. "

Use

The importance of the strike through is particularly clear by comparison with alternative methods of invalid or defacing them. Strikeout is often seen as a last resort when other ways to correct or remove text no longer or are not possible:

  • Already on early historic clay tablets unwanted parts of the text were not always completely removed (eg by flat sand out ), but it was already " crossed out " individual words or numerical data aware; probably to keep the cost low. Thus, in one of the Hittite clay tablets has survived from the 13th century BC, which rulers of the king as "brothers " (ie equivalent) considered. The name? Ahhijawa was ruled out later on this panel. On a clay tablet Akhenaten is a slashed annual number of particular importance since it allows conclusions to the actual year of death of this ancient Egyptian ruler permits in connection with the corrected specification, which would otherwise be unknown.
  • Today, texts are usually painted on hand-written manuscripts, which were written with pen or other permanent colors that can not be corrected in other ways. Especially on private notes worth the effort not to apply top coat (eg Tipp-Ex ). For official documents covering color, roll-off correction ribbons, ink eraser, etc. are preferred as strikethrough text always implies something negligence or the taint lack of reflection and the cover is less conspicuous.
  • On the typewriter texts long time could only rule out invalid are made. Later deck color was developed for tissue band for carbon tapes, there was correction tape, which lifts the color pigments. If errors are detected but only later, when the sheet was removed, only comes manual covering or strikethrough question.
  • Calligraphy and drawings, particularly ink drawings on construction plans, naturally can not be corrected by brushing. Here is mapped out with pencil and traced the finished drawing with ink. Subsequently, however, rule out can be most labels, provided there is sufficient space for the correction. Often it is already taken into account in the choice of paper, that it is suitable for correction using the scalpel. Suitable types of cardboard or parchment sheets fiber not by the scalpel, leaving the smallest possible traces. Replacement offers the scalpel only for minor corrections. Scraping, scratch, etch and have applied top coat next to the cross out each different disadvantages.
  • In addition, the strikeout is one of the most common proofreading marks. Be strikethrough in concept to print word or phrase that should not be printed in the final print. Individual letters are often painted with a vertical line, whole passages of text with a horizontal line whose beginning and end is accentuated by a vertical line, similar in appearance to an elongated "H". This character is repeated in the margin. If a word is crossed out wrongly, the deletion is canceled by a dotted underline.

Strikethrough in word processing

In word processing, the strikeout text in the rule is obsolete, since just leave correct errors later. Invalidate by brushing therefore limited mostly to handwritten texts. If incorrectly typed texts are pre- printed, the reprint a corrected text of the preference is usually given before the strikeout an error. If as a stylistic device yet strikethrough text are used, this function is for markup available. Each letter is then issued with a crossed horizontal line.

  • Example from advertising: "Product XY on offer. 19.99 EUR now! " Is often deliberately resorted only 14.99 EUR in handwritten fonts.

Can be used strikethrough text in the files when proofreading. Knows the user with annotations, or other functions to work in teams not from the addressee of a text document can return the text with crossed points to the sender to indicate specifically on points that should be deleted in his opinion.

In markup languages ​​underlining is supported. In the classic HTML is with struck " crossed out " the text output in CSS, the attribute text-decoration: line-through are used. This is the soul (eg \ st { crossed out }) package available in LaTeX.

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