Annnndddd ... Another Footnote Question

GrannyGrump · 11-28-2012, 08:51 AM

I can understand using square brackets to offset "inline" reference notes, and most times that works really well.

What do you do when the author makes lots of parenthetical remarks of his own using both parentheses and square brackets? Adding an asterisk to the reference notes doesn't seem to make them display with enough difference to the author's narrative remarks. And maybe it's just me, but curly brackets look kind of cluttered in among all the other notes.

Or am I being too nit-picky again?

What would you do? Inline notes with Curly Brackets, or End Notes?

Jellby · 11-28-2012, 09:45 AM

If you are determined to have them inline, you could add some formatting to the non-author footnotes, like a coloured (grey) background or text, a different font (maybe just italic if there's not lots of italics in the main text), a smaller font size...

mncowboy · 11-28-2012, 01:59 PM

Format them as a block quote with a horizontal line top and bottom. If there are so many or they are wordy enough to disrupt the reading process, change them to end notes.

GrannyGrump · 11-29-2012, 12:58 PM

Great suggestions, guys.
My imagination must be shriveling up.

Thank you, I wil do some eperimenting.

11-28-2012, 08:51 AM	#1
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,208 Karma: 34984330 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Annnndddd ... Another Footnote Question I can understand using square brackets to offset "inline" reference notes, and most times that works really well. What do you do when the author makes lots of parenthetical remarks of his own using both parentheses and square brackets? Adding an asterisk to the reference notes doesn't seem to make them display with enough difference to the author's narrative remarks. And maybe it's just me, but curly brackets look kind of cluttered in among all the other notes. Or am I being too nit-picky again? What would you do? Inline notes with Curly Brackets, or End Notes?

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11-28-2012, 09:45 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	If you are determined to have them inline, you could add some formatting to the non-author footnotes, like a coloured (grey) background or text, a different font (maybe just italic if there's not lots of italics in the main text), a smaller font size...

11-28-2012, 01:59 PM	#3
mncowboy Wanderer Posts: 106 Karma: 472218 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3, PaperWhite 2	Format them as a block quote with a horizontal line top and bottom. If there are so many or they are wordy enough to disrupt the reading process, change them to end notes.

11-29-2012, 12:58 PM	#4
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,208 Karma: 34984330 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Great suggestions, guys. My imagination must be shriveling up. Thank you, I wil do some eperimenting.

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