diff --git a/KNOWN_ISSUES.md b/KNOWN_ISSUES.md
index 80ff5f2..a8dd3f6 100644
--- a/KNOWN_ISSUES.md
+++ b/KNOWN_ISSUES.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ The interesting thing is that rendering with pdfjs (online) looks good. So maybe
 - multiline headlines: [WoodUp](examples/WoodUp.pdf)
 - Detecting list of figures (and creating headlines) [Achieving-The-Paris-Climate-Agreement](Achieving-The-Paris-Climate-Agreement.pdf)
 
+# Footnotes
+
+- multiline foot notes (compressed.tracemonkey-pldi-09.pdf)
+
 ## Not yet reviewed test PDFS
 
 # Achieving-The-Paris-Climate-Agreement.pdf
diff --git a/src/Debugger.ts b/src/Debugger.ts
index 982c002..5bc9c43 100644
--- a/src/Debugger.ts
+++ b/src/Debugger.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export default class Debugger {
   stageResult(stageIndex: number): StageResult {
     for (let idx = 0; idx < stageIndex + 1; idx++) {
       if (!this.stageResultCache[idx]) {
+        console.log(this.transformers[idx - 1].name);
+
         const evaluations = new EvaluationTracker();
         const transformer = this.transformers[idx - 1];
         const previousStageResult: StageResult = this.stageResultCache[idx - 1];
diff --git a/src/Item.ts b/src/Item.ts
index deb61ec..26dc828 100644
--- a/src/Item.ts
+++ b/src/Item.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { TokenType } from './token-types';
 
 export default class Item {
   page: number;
   data: object;
   uuid: string;
+  tokenTypes: TokenType[] = [];
 
-  constructor(page: number, data: object, uuid: string = uuidv4()) {
+  constructor(page: number, data: object, tokenTypes: TokenType[] = [], uuid: string = uuidv4()) {
     this.page = page;
     this.data = data;
     this.uuid = uuid;
+    this.tokenTypes = tokenTypes;
   }
 
   value(column: string): object {
     return this.data[column];
   }
 
+  withTokenType(tokenType: TokenType): Item {
+    const newItem = new Item(this.page, this.data, this.tokenTypes, this.uuid);
+    newItem.tokenTypes.push(tokenType);
+    return newItem;
+  }
+
   withDataAddition(data: object): Item {
     return this.withData({ ...this.data, ...data });
   }
 
   withData(data: object): Item {
-    return new Item(this.page, data, this.uuid);
+    return new Item(this.page, data, this.tokenTypes, this.uuid);
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns the item without a uuid.
    */
   withoutUuid(): Item {
-    return new Item(this.page, this.data, '');
+    return new Item(this.page, this.data, this.tokenTypes, '');
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/debug/detectChanges.ts b/src/debug/detectChanges.ts
index f97be85..9b94228 100644
--- a/src/debug/detectChanges.ts
+++ b/src/debug/detectChanges.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ function detectPageChanges(tracker: ChangeTracker, inputItems: Item[], outputIte
       if ((typesInInput || typesInOutput) && !arraysEqual(typesInInput, typesInOutput)) {
         tracker.trackContentChange(inputItem);
       }
+      if (!arraysEqual(inputItem.tokenTypes, outputItems[positionInOutput].tokenTypes)) {
+        tracker.trackContentChange(inputItem);
+      }
     } else {
       // Handle items from the output with arn't in the input array
       for (let intermediateOutputIdx = outputIndex; intermediateOutputIdx < positionInOutput; intermediateOutputIdx++) {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c32d83c..9f18f1d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {type ParseConfig } from './parse';
 import DetectListItems from './transformer/DetectListItems';
 import DetectBlocks from './transformer/DetectBlocks';
 import DetectListLevels from './transformer/DetectListLevels';
+import DetectFootnotes from './transformer/DetectFootnotes';
 
 export const transformers = [
   new AdjustHeight(),
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export const transformers = [
   new CompactLines(),
   new SortXWithinLines(),
   new RemoveRepetitiveItems(),
+  new DetectFootnotes(),
   new DetectToc(),
   new DetectHeaders(),
   new DetectListItems(),
diff --git a/src/support/stringFunctions.ts b/src/support/stringFunctions.ts
index d70f6f1..08f41f8 100644
--- a/src/support/stringFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/support/stringFunctions.ts
@@ -59,3 +59,13 @@ export function isListItem(value: string) {
 export function isNumberedListItem(value: string) {
   return /^[\s]*\d*\.(?:\s|$)/g.test(value);
 }
+
+export function isNumber(value: string) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+    const charCode = value.charCodeAt(i);
+    if (!isDigit(charCode)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/token-types.ts b/src/token-types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca62e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/token-types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export type FontType = 'BOLD' | 'OBLIQUE';
+export type TokenType = 'LINK' | 'FOOTNOTE' | 'FOOTNOTE_LINK' | FontType;
diff --git a/src/transformer/CacluclateStatistics.ts b/src/transformer/CacluclateStatistics.ts
index 54c739d..7631e86 100644
--- a/src/transformer/CacluclateStatistics.ts
+++ b/src/transformer/CacluclateStatistics.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ export default class CalculateStatistics extends ItemTransformer {
         maxHeightFont = itemFont;
       }
     });
-    // TODO really need parseInt here ?
     const mostUsedHeight = to2DigitDecimalFromString(getMostUsedKey(heightToOccurrence));
 
     const mostUsedFont = getMostUsedKey(fontToOccurrence);
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ export default class CalculateStatistics extends ItemTransformer {
 
     let page = -1;
     let lastItemOfMostUsedHeight: Item | undefined;
-    items.forEach((item, i) => {
+    items.forEach((item) => {
       if (item.page !== page) lastItemOfMostUsedHeight = undefined;
       const itemHeight = to2DigitDecimalFromString(item.data['height']);
       const itemText = item.data['str'];
diff --git a/src/transformer/DetectFootnotes.ts b/src/transformer/DetectFootnotes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9309dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transformer/DetectFootnotes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import Item from '../Item';
+import ItemResult from '../ItemResult';
+import ItemTransformer from './ItemTransformer';
+import TransformContext from './TransformContext';
+import LineItemMerger from '../debug/LineItemMerger';
+import { groupByLine } from '../support/groupingUtils';
+import { isNumber } from '../support/stringFunctions';
+
+export default class DetectFootnotes extends ItemTransformer {
+  constructor() {
+    super(
+      'Detect Footnotes',
+      'Detect footnotes in text and link them to the references',
+      {
+        requireColumns: ['str', 'y'],
+        debug: {
+          itemMerger: new LineItemMerger(false),
+        },
+      },
+      (incomingSchema) => {
+        return incomingSchema.reduce((schema, column) => {
+          if (column === 'x') {
+            return [...schema, 'token types', 'x'];
+          }
+          return [...schema, column];
+        }, new Array<string>());
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  transform(context: TransformContext, inputItems: Item[]): ItemResult {
+    const stash: Item[] = [];
+    const footnoteLinks = new Set<string>();
+    const footnotes = new Set<string>();
+
+    groupByLine(inputItems).forEach((lineItems) => {
+      const firstY = lineItems[0].data['y'];
+      lineItems.forEach((item, lineIndex) => {
+        const itemText = item.data['str'].trim();
+        const itemY = item.data['y'];
+        if (isNumber(itemText)) {
+          if (hasPreceedingText(lineItems, lineIndex) && itemY > firstY) {
+            footnoteLinks.add(item.uuid);
+          } else if (isFollowedByText(lineItems, lineIndex)) {
+            footnotes.add(item.uuid);
+          }
+          stash.push(item);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    return {
+      items: inputItems.map((item) => {
+        if (footnoteLinks.has(item.uuid)) {
+          return item.withTokenType('FOOTNOTE_LINK');
+        }
+        if (footnotes.has(item.uuid)) {
+          return item.withTokenType('FOOTNOTE');
+        }
+        return item;
+      }),
+      messages: [`Detected ${footnoteLinks.size}/${footnotes.size} footnotes.`],
+    };
+  }
+}
+function hasPreceedingText(lineItems: Item[], lineIndex: number) {
+  for (let index = lineIndex - 1; index >= 0; index--) {
+    const itemText = lineItems[index].data['str'].trim() as string;
+    if (!isNumber(itemText)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function isFollowedByText(lineItems: Item[], lineIndex: number) {
+  for (let index = lineIndex + 1; index < lineItems.length; index++) {
+    const itemText = lineItems[index].data['str'].trim() as string;
+    if (!isNumber(itemText)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/transformer/DetectHeaders.ts b/src/transformer/DetectHeaders.ts
index afd04ec..002f989 100644
--- a/src/transformer/DetectHeaders.ts
+++ b/src/transformer/DetectHeaders.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { HeadlineType, TextType, isHeadline, toHeadlineType } from '../text-type
 
 const config = {
   // How much taller a text must be to be a headline (relative to mostUsedHeight)
-  // TODO sync with DetectHeadline ??
   minHeadlineDistance: 1.3,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/transformer/SortXWithinLines.ts b/src/transformer/SortXWithinLines.ts
index 3813ca6..5f243dc 100644
--- a/src/transformer/SortXWithinLines.ts
+++ b/src/transformer/SortXWithinLines.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import TransformContext from './TransformContext';
 import LineItemMerger from '../debug/LineItemMerger';
 import { transformGroupedByPageAndLine } from '../support/groupingUtils';
 
+/**
+ * We can't trust order of occurence, esp. footnote links like to come last
+ */
 export default class SortXWithinLines extends ItemTransformer {
   constructor() {
     super('Sort by X', 'Sorts the items of a line by the x coordinate', {