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Sorry, this is only a minor question, but I just realised for the first time that when you cite a bibliographic item which has no shortitle, then -- using style=verbose -- you usually get (apart from the very first fullcite):

Name, In Physica, p.12.

When this item has an abbreviated shorttitle that ends with a dot, however, you get the following:

Name, In Phys. p.12. [No comma after shorttitle/before page!]

I usually omit the "p." for "page", so my result is:

Name, In Phys. 12.

I would like to get:

Name, In Phys., 12.

MWE

% !TEX TS-program = lualatexmk
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, DIV=calc]{scrartcl}

\usepackage{fontspec}    
    \setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Times New Roman}

\usepackage[    style=verbose,
            abbreviate=false,
            url=false,
            backrefstyle=three,
            backend=biber
                ]{biblatex}
    \DeclareFieldFormat{postnote}{#1}       % postnotes without p. and pp.

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
    @book{without:shorttitle,
    author = {Author W. Name},
    year = {2000},
    title = {In Physica},
    publisher = {Publisher},
    }
@book{with:shorttitle,
    author = {Author W. Name},
    year = {2000},
    title = {In Physica},
    shorttitle = {In Phys.},
    publisher = {Publisher},
    }
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

''First citation without shorttitle.''\footcite[12]{without:shorttitle}

''Second citation without shorttitle.''\footcite[12]{without:shorttitle}

''First citation with shorttitle.''\footcite[12]{with:shorttitle} 

''Second citation with shorttitle.''\footcite[12]{with:shorttitle} 

\end{document}
ClintEastwood
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  • I am sorry, but i fail to recognize your question, would you be so kind as to clarify it further? – brian-ammon Mar 18 '13 at 12:25
  • Can you please add a MWE to play with? – egreg Mar 18 '13 at 12:33
  • @egreg : I added an MWE. In making the MWE, I realized that my question concerns only cases of abbreviated shorttitles that end with a dot. I still would like to know if I am the only one who thinks that there should be a comma. – ClintEastwood Mar 18 '13 at 12:58

1 Answers1

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Adding \isdot to the definition of the citetitle field format seems to do the trick.

\DeclareFieldFormat{citetitle}{\mkbibemph{#1\isdot}}
\DeclareFieldFormat
    [suppbook,suppcollection,suppperiodical]
    {citetitle}{#1\isdot}

An alternative solution is to replace the literal period with \adddot in the .bib file:

@book{with:shorttitle,
    author = {Author W. Name},
    year = {2000},
    title = {In Physica},
    shorttitle = {In Phys\adddot},
    publisher = {Publisher},
    }
lockstep
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  • nice idea. What about adding \isdot to the shorttitle-field? (e.g., shorttitle = {In Phys.\isdot}), instead of changing a global definition? What would you prefer? – ClintEastwood Mar 18 '13 at 13:18
  • @ClintEastwood I added an alternative solution. Personally, I'd change the .bib file in any case; I'd still like an explanation why \isdot is absent from some instances of the citetitle field format. – lockstep Mar 18 '13 at 13:24