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Cyril Niklaus wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">Would something like this make you happy? That's what I've been using for years.
Put it in your preamble. And of course, change the parindent size to somheting you like.


\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@makefntext[1]{%
   \vspace{2pt}%
   \setlength\parindent{-1.8em}%
   \setlength\leftskip{1.8em}%
   \makebox[1.8em][l]{\normalfont\small\@thefnmark.}#1}
\makeatother

\makeatletter
\def\@makefnmark{{\addfontfeatures
{VerticalPosition=Superior}{\@thefnmark}}}
\makeatother
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Off-list, I offered the following as a solution :<br>
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  <div class="moz-text-flowed"
 style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-unicode">Here
you are, Alessandro : just replace everything
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from \usepackage{footmisc}  to \begin{document}
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with the fragment below, then hack it until it achieves
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exactly what you need.
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** Phil.
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\usepackage{footmisc}
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\makeatletter
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    \long \def \@makefntext #1%
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        {%
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            \noindent
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            \makebox [0pt][r]{\@thefnmark.\,}#1%
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        }
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\makeatother
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\begin{document}
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  </div>
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