Common Rendition Keywords and Arguments

Keyword

Arguments

Comments

align

left | center | right | outside | inside

Don't confuse this with justification

bestow, bequeath

(rendladder) (element names)

Can take multiple element names separated by spaces

case

allcaps | smallcaps | mixed | lower

face

blackletter | roman

Used only for texts containing blackletter; textbase-wide default is face(roman)

slant

italic | upright

first-indent

(number)

Governs the first line of a multi-line element.

Can take either absolute values (unsigned) or relative values (with + or -).

indent

(number)

Can take either absolute values (unsigned) or relative values (with + or -).

place

infra | supra | inline |

left | right | top | bottom | outside | inside |

inset-left | inset-right | inset-outside | inset-inside |

opposite | overleaf |

headspace | footspace |

foot | end | mixed|

surround

-used with ADD, describes position in relation to line of text

-used with NOTE, describes which margin they appear in

-used with NOTE, describes notes which are set into the text block

-used for features which appear on a different page

-indicates running head/foot area

-footnote area; endnote; jumble

-for MW; content is page border

pos

up | down

Used with LB for turned lines

post

string

Any string that does not include special characters: ' " = ( ) < >

pre

string

Any string that does not include special characters: ' " = ( ) < >

sub

no argument

Indicates that the encoded content is subscripted; remember the parentheses: sub()

sup

no argument

Indicates that the encoded content is superscripted; remember the parentheses: sup()