Playing down the text in org-mode

[fatiparty]

Jan 14, 2022, 09:39 by maciaschain@posteo.net:

> fatiparty@tutanota.com writes:
>
>> If I do something in emacs-lisp I would still need some form of
>> containment characters.
>>
>
> I think a custom link would suffice for text within the paragraph. A
> quick example:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp 
>  (defface smaller
>  '((t :foreground "#8D8D84" :height 0.9))
>  "")
>
>  (org-link-set-parameters "smaller"
>  :face 'smaller
>  :export (lambda (path desc format)
>  (cond
>  ((eq format 'latex)
>  (format "{\\small %s}" desc)))))
> #+end_src
>
> This text is important, [[smaller:x][but this one is not so important]]
>
> A screenshot:
>
> https://i.imgur.com/11KbJHQ.png
>
> if you want finer tuning and more control over the format, John's
> scimax-editmarks package seems like a very interesting option (although
> I think Org should remain as format-agnostic as possible...)
>
> Best regards,
> Juan Manuel
>
I would be great if I can do something similar to a footnote (using mg: rather 
than fn:)
 but with the variation  that the text is also within the square brackets.

Example:

[mg:1 Text here uses specialized typeface from main text]