Re: Inserting in text notes

On Nov 9, 12:05 am, jon <jonwrobin...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ah, in grammars.  sure i see it in some of my (older) greek and latin
grammars, but this is a unique type of book, not a common 'style' (i
don't think).  grammars of course have numbered paragraphs (for cross-
reference purposes), and i suppose having the notes follow the regular
text makes sense because the paragraphs are short and the layouts
often so complicated that real footnotes would make things even more
of a mess --- though some certainly have footnotes (as well).

the only other context where i see anything remotely similar though,
are critical editions which are made up of short snippets of text,
logically distinct from the other snippets, and where you need your
apparatus criticus and/or apparatus fontium.  then the two apparatus
must be kept with the main text, not all run together at the bottom of
the page.  i think ledmac or ednotes would be what you wanted in this
situation, though i don't remember if they do this easily.

One modern non-grammatical sample is "Design of Everyday Things" (2nd
edition, 2002) by Donald Norman, the usability guru. In that book,
notes are given in italic type immediately following the relevant
paragraphs of the main text body. The author himself said that he had
to use such a format because the publisher did not permit proper
footnotes (235). As for us, who have been used to italic shape
representing emphasis, his notes are really distracting. I think
footnote-sized text, and probably increased left and right indents,
can be much better instead.
.

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