Over the years the "which form of hyperlinked footnote" question has popped up many times.
I found that the best bet is to not use superscript footnotes:
Code:
<a href="#fn1" id="ft1"><sup>1</sup></a>
They are too small (which makes them too hard to click), they can potentially introduce line-height problems, and they are poorer on the accessibility side of things (someone with vision problems who reads with larger font size may not be able to read a superscript that is a few steps smaller).
Instead, it may be better to use [##] format:
Code:
<a href="#fn1" id="ft1">[1]</a>
The benefits were discussed thoroughly in this topic:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...14#post2859814
Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinMarie
You are quite true GeoffR.
I will enlarge the area this way.
Thanks for suggestion
Martin
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I would not recommend inserting the previous words/punctuation in the footnote hyperlink.
That is just asking for spaghetti code and painful headaches in the future (converting to other formats, upgrading to EPUB3's epub:type="noteref" + epub:type="footnote", etc. etc.). Not to mention semantic/accessibility reasons to not clutter up your <a> links.