Editing Research/new digital reading experiences (section)

=== Editorial ===

Editorial decisions - who will read the text and what it should achieve - come before typeface choice. Our initial focus was on identifying functions that could enrich the text of Meditations. The examples we explored included:

– Connecting the text with explanatory notes from the book itself<br />
– Adding extra content or context to specific words, sentences, or paragraphs (initially as text, with the potential to expand to other media such as video or sound)<br />
– Supporting skimming by highlighting core words within each paragraph

We chose to test the addition of extra content, as it offered clear added value and served as a natural extension. Our proposals for additional content included:

– Background information about Marcus Aurelius<br />
– Historical context, particularly the period of the Roman Empire<br />
– Explanations of controversial passages<br />
– Reflections on leadership in the text compared to contemporary notions of leadership<br />
– Philosophical ideas, including comparisons with other philosophers

Ultimately, we decided to focus on explaining difficult words from the original text as a first, targeted intervention.

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