I'm preping an Epub file and found an example on my reader where a footnote link rolled to the next line. E.G.,
This is some random text.[17] After this is more.
becomes in my reader...
This is some random text.
[17] After this is more.
I can add ...<span style="white-space:nowrap;">text.[17]</span>...
(link tag removed for convenience) to force the issue, creating...
This is some random
text.[17] After this is more.
All that extra white space is because I'm using full justification. It looks better generally, but I might remove it due to problems with smaller screens.
My question is which solution is preferable? Should I force the footnote link to remain with its referent text or let the link roll to the next line with the possibility that it looks odd and may even lose context to the uninitiated (if there are uninitiated)?