On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 3:10 PM Alex Brollo <alex.brollo@gmail.com> wrote:

2018-01-04 23:16 GMT+01:00 Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>:

Why not just use a straight horizontal rue? It's styling, not content,
and conveys no significant meaning.

I respectfully disagree - works are content, editions are contens plus styling IMHO.

Most significant editions have different content, and PDFs can maintain most of the styling of the original (but not the paper, the weight, gold leaf, etc.). Once you start transcribing the text, you're creating a new edition. How close you want to try and maintain the styling is something that each Wikisource and each Wikisorcerer needs to decide, probably even on a edition by edition basis.

In this case, a straight horizontal rule is likely as good as a curved line, but that depends on details of the work and what the editors involved want.