Section on Footnotes and Endnotes

[behnam]

Section on Footnotes and Endnotes, covering:

• Footnote markers and counters,
• Bidi and cross-script counters,
• ...

[behnam]

Mixed-script counters (Persian and European numbers) and bidi layout, from "ketaab-e jom'e, 1st issue, 1st year, 1358":

and

Observations:

• Counters are set in Persian numerals inside the text, but set in European numerals in the footer.
• In the footer, items are ordered line-by-line top-to-bottom, and in each line, Latin items left-aligned and L-to-R, and Persian items right-aligned and R-to-L.

[behnam]

Same source:

On the last page of the article, footnote are put in a footer section that's below the text, but above the space filler image:

[ntounsi]

Some samples of footnotes from an old book (collection of poems by Ahmad Chawki)

1. footnotes as aligned items list of type - ١ etc. in the text, footnotes are referenced (١) etc.

2. same type of list but "inlined"

3. combined : aligned, "inlined", three type of numbering : ١) , -١- , -١) footnotes.pdf references are on the left side of the text.

[shervinafshar]

@mostafah volunteered to find more examples.

[mostafah]

I reviewed some books, looking for interesting footnotes.

Here’s an example of bidirectional footnotes:

Here’s an example of multi-line bidirectional footnote:

And use of superscript for footnote numbers:

Adib Soltani’s “The Manual of Book Preparation” has a very interesting section on footnotes and endnotes, including these two pages that showcase a number of examples for numbering footnotes (I added English translations in color):

In the books that I saw, all-Latin footnotes were always written from left to right and use European numbers. I could not find a single exception. Adib Soltani’s “The Manual” even instructs so.

[behnam]

Thanks for the samples and info, @mostafah! I think now we're ready to start the drafting for this.

Also, related to this topic is defining the superscript behavior for the script, which is kind of obvious, but IMHO needs a clear definition before used for footnotes.