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While I can't say for certain what tool the publishers used, you may wish to check out the para option of the LaTeX footmisc package. It automatically makes the formatting decision based on the foo...
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#2: Post edited
by
Sigma
·
2021-05-14T13:48:02Z (over 3 years ago)
You may wish to check out the para option of the LaTeX [footmisc](https://ctan.org/pkg/footmisc) package. It automatically makes the formatting decision based on the footnote length.- Per the documentation:
- ```
- This option (derived from code by Dominik Wujastyk and Chris Rowley) causes
- footnotes to be typeset as a single paragraph at the bottom of the page on which
- they occur. In the case that there is only one footnote on the page, no effect
- will be observed. However, if there are several footnotes on the page, they will
- be run together in the page foot, each introduced by its footnote mark. The
- original demand for the option came from the needs of those preparing critical
- editions; such documents typically have large numbers of small footnotes, which
- look ridiculous if each is typeset in a paragraph of its own; in most other disciplines,
- such multiplicities of footnotes represent mere self-indulgence: the author of this
- package is disgracefully guilty of this.
- ```
- While I can't say for certain what tool the publishers used, you may wish to check out the para option of the LaTeX [footmisc](https://ctan.org/pkg/footmisc) package. It automatically makes the formatting decision based on the footnote length.
- Per the documentation:
- ```
- This option (derived from code by Dominik Wujastyk and Chris Rowley) causes
- footnotes to be typeset as a single paragraph at the bottom of the page on which
- they occur. In the case that there is only one footnote on the page, no effect
- will be observed. However, if there are several footnotes on the page, they will
- be run together in the page foot, each introduced by its footnote mark. The
- original demand for the option came from the needs of those preparing critical
- editions; such documents typically have large numbers of small footnotes, which
- look ridiculous if each is typeset in a paragraph of its own; in most other disciplines,
- such multiplicities of footnotes represent mere self-indulgence: the author of this
- package is disgracefully guilty of this.
- ```
#1: Initial revision
by
Sigma
·
2021-05-14T13:47:25Z (over 3 years ago)
You may wish to check out the para option of the LaTeX [footmisc](https://ctan.org/pkg/footmisc) package. It automatically makes the formatting decision based on the footnote length. Per the documentation: ``` This option (derived from code by Dominik Wujastyk and Chris Rowley) causes footnotes to be typeset as a single paragraph at the bottom of the page on which they occur. In the case that there is only one footnote on the page, no effect will be observed. However, if there are several footnotes on the page, they will be run together in the page foot, each introduced by its footnote mark. The original demand for the option came from the needs of those preparing critical editions; such documents typically have large numbers of small footnotes, which look ridiculous if each is typeset in a paragraph of its own; in most other disciplines, such multiplicities of footnotes represent mere self-indulgence: the author of this package is disgracefully guilty of this. ```