[XeTeX] XeLaTeX and unicode footnote symbols

[Will Robertson]

On 29/05/2007, at 22:00 , Hendrik Fuß wrote:

> 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.

If you load the xunicode+fixltx2e packages, you don't need to make  
the redefinition of fnsymbol but I'm not sure if the output will look  
any different. I don't see the awkwardness you do, though.

Actually, xltxtra will load those packages for you, but it's a little  
bit broken at the moment and undergoing surgery.

Sorry I can't be of more help,
Will