fix: separate raised citation markers with a space, not a comma (#23)

2026-10-07 08:24:07 +00:00
parent 0705d5ec2f
commit ade6145425
4 changed files with 12 additions and 9 deletions
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ The pass follows the rules the rest of the pipeline already follows.
  machinery the maths pass uses. A `[1]` inside a snippet is text.
 - **`[n]`, `[^n]`, comma lists, and runs.** `[1, 3]` is two sources inside one
  marker, and `[1][2]` is two markers written touching. Both are drawn as raised
-  digits separated by a comma, because `¹²` reads as a single number and leaves the
+  digits separated by a space, because `¹²` reads as a single number and leaves the
  reader no way to tell where one citation ends, which is a defect the first version
-  of this shipped with.
+  of this shipped with. A space rather than a comma, because a comma sits at the
+  baseline and so drops away from digits that are raised above it.
 - **All or nothing.** A marker is linked only when every index it names is a
  known source. `[1, 9]` where 9 was never seen stays exactly as written, rather
  than becoming half a link.