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Fractures

Breaks in the inscribed support, with the Fracture indicated after which the text is present, without providing any details about the text that follows.

Syntax

  • Left-hand fracture: the less-than sign < enclosed within curly brackets {…} (cf. Example 1).
  • Right-hand fracture: the greater-than sign > enclosed within curly brackets {…} (cf. Example 2).
  • Top fracture: the caret ^ enclosed within curly brackets {…} (cf. Example 3).
  • Bottom fracture: the letter v enclosed within curly brackets {…} (cf. Example 4).

Overview

NotationConceptual ASTPaper Output
{<}Fracture(Left)
{>}Fracture(Right)
{^}Fracture(Top)
{V}Fracture(Bottom)