[XeTeX] XeLaTeX and unicode footnote symbols

[Hendrik Fuß]

Hi,

has anybody managed to set up xelatex to use footnote symbols from the
main text font? I've tried the following (quick and dirty):

\def\@fnsymbol#1{\text{%
  \ifcase#1\or *\or †\or ‡\or §\or ¶\or ‖\or **\or ††\or ‡‡\else\@ctrerr\fi}}

It replaces the standard math mode footnote symbols with unicode
versions (using \text from amsmath). It works, but the superscripting
looks a bit awkward, at least for * in Gentium.

Any suggestions?

thanks
Hendrik