Footnote Syntax Guide

This site uses Kramdown’s native footnote support. Footnotes are automatically styled to match the site’s aesthetic.

Syntax

Inline Reference

Place a footnote reference in your text using square brackets with a caret:

This is a sentence with a footnote reference.[^1]

Footnote Definition

Define the footnote content anywhere in your post (typically at the bottom):

[^1]: This is the footnote content that will appear at the bottom of the post.

Named Footnotes

You can also use named footnotes for better readability:

This sentence references a named footnote.[^my-note]

[^my-note]: This footnote has a custom name instead of a number.

Example

The very first universities in the world taught seven subjects collectively known as the 'liberal arts'.[^1] These were divided into the 'trivium' (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and the 'quadrivium' (music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy).[^2]

[^1]: The very first universities in the world taught seven subjects collectively known as the 'liberal arts'.

[^2]: These were divided into the 'trivium' (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and the 'quadrivium' (music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy).

Notes

Footnotes are automatically numbered in the order they appear in your text
You can place footnote definitions anywhere in your post, but it’s common to put them at the end
Multiple references to the same footnote are supported
Footnotes will appear at the bottom of the post with proper styling and back-links