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==15.06.19 interfaces for annotation==
The formal qualities of annotations are defined by the tools used to make them, and also the cultural uses of these. Given a pen, most people will write, although it is also possible to draw or use it in other ways. With a keyboard it seems most appropriate to type. With a mouse, one can click on things, and select them.

What happens when these are retained, transformed and isolated from the source?

===digital annotations===
Retained digital annotations are rare in the wild, but I found one PDF of Jorge Luis Borges "The Garden of Forking Paths" that had underlinings and highlighted text. The interesting thing is that these change appearance slightly depending on the e-reader software used to display the text.

The first two spreads of the Borges PDF:<br>
[[File:Borges_annotations_01.png|500px|frameless]]
[[File:Borges_annotations_02.png|500px|frameless]]

[[File:garden 01.png|500px|frameless]]
[[File:garden 02.png|500px|frameless]]<br>
<small>Digital annotations transcribed from a PDF of Jorge Luis Borges' "The Garden of Forking Paths"</small>

===analog annotations===
Another text that came pre-annotated was Ursula K Le Guin's "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction". For this, I placed scans in a vector graphics program and digitised pen marks. I also included the text that was annotated with circles, underlines and lines in the margins.
The first two spreads of the Le Guin PDF:<br>
[[File:Leguin_annotations_01.png|500px|frameless]]
[[File:Leguin_annotations_02.png|500px|frameless]]

[[File:carrier bag 01.png|500px|frameless]]
[[File:carrier bag 02.png|500px|frameless]]<br>
<small>Hand-drawn annotations digitally transcribed from a PDF of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction"</small>