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Very interesting footnote system. Is it just for fun and aesthetic or have a deeper origin or purpose?
by triyambakam 2y ago
Very interesting footnote system. Is it just for fun and aesthetic or have a deeper origin or purpose?
- aaronbrethorst 2y agowhatever it is, it looks like their first time using it. here's the last footnote I see from that account: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39964109 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39964109
- Lyngbakr 2y agoThere's no deeper meaning, just done on a whim.
- postexitus 2y agoFor fun and profit.
- robocat 2y agothe Chicago Manual of Style suggests this order: ⃰ (asterisk) † (dagger) ‡ (double dagger) § (section mark) ‖ (parallels) # (hash) (Hard to present glyphs that would actually be used in print - I've chosen what I think is close - but they are not that close because wrong font)
- Majromax 2y agoCompose key shenanigans can make such typesetting significantly easier. That's built-in on Linux/X, but there are also easy solutions for Windows systems.