Library of Formatting Examples:Italics/36B

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[Footnote 102: <i>Ibid.</i>, Bk. IV, l. 863 ff.]

[Footnote 103: <i>Ibid.</i>, Bk. II, l. 756 ff.]

Abbreviations

"Ibid." is an abbreviation. Period goes inside the markups.
The commas go outside. Italicized abbreviations are common in footnotes,
and because they're printed in a smaller font, often are harder to find.
So, treat footnotes like contracts, and "carefully read the fine print."
(Quickly scanning for breaks in the pattern just won't work with fine print.)
And, while on the subject of Footnotes, they often contain stealth
small-cap Roman Numerals (this example does not). Equally often, they
contain lower-case Roman Numerals that should not be marked, but it can be
very hard to tell the difference.