Line breaking before superscript

rhino79 · 05-08-2013, 01:54 AM

How do you prevent a line break before a superscript?

I've noticed that

text with a footnote.1

sometimes breaks before the if there is no more room, which results in an awkward superscript by itself on the next line.

Jellby · 05-08-2013, 03:25 AM

Typically, you don't. That's the renderer doing a sloppy job and you should report it as a bug instead.

But if you really want to work around this, I guess the proper form would be to add a "word joiner" character in between (U+2060, & #8288; without the space between & and #). However, depending on the font and renderer you may see a square or a question mark instead...

mrmikel · 05-08-2013, 11:05 AM

For what it is worth, it does not have a problem in the Sony Reader Library.

jbacelar · 05-08-2013, 02:05 PM

With , or , in ADE 2.0 nothing works. (& #288; & nbsp; nowrap)

BrisChri · 05-13-2013, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhino79

text with a footnote.1

Why do you put the dot between "footnote" and ?

Try "text with a footnote 1."

rhino79 · 05-13-2013, 08:48 AM

The "dot" is a period at the end of a sentence. Footnote numbers are placed after the period.

Jellby · 05-13-2013, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhino79

Footnote numbers are placed after the period.

That depends on the language and typographical style choices (and context).

05-08-2013, 01:54 AM	#1
rhino79 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 1210 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Nexus 7	Line breaking before superscript How do you prevent a line break before a superscript? I've noticed that text with a footnote.<sup>1</sup> sometimes breaks before the <sup> if there is no more room, which results in an awkward superscript by itself on the next line.

05-08-2013, 02:05 PM	#4
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	With <sup>, or <span>, in ADE 2.0 nothing works. (& #288; & nbsp; nowrap)

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05-08-2013, 03:25 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Typically, you don't. That's the renderer doing a sloppy job and you should report it as a bug instead. But if you really want to work around this, I guess the proper form would be to add a "word joiner" character in between (U+2060, & #8288; without the space between & and #). However, depending on the font and renderer you may see a square or a question mark instead...

05-08-2013, 11:05 AM	#3
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	For what it is worth, it does not have a problem in the Sony Reader Library.

05-13-2013, 08:48 AM	#6
rhino79 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 1210 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Nexus 7	The "dot" is a period at the end of a sentence. Footnote numbers are placed after the period.