[XeTeX] Customizing footnote markers

[Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)]

Cyril Niklaus wrote:
> 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
>    

Off-list, I offered the following as a solution :

> Here you are, Alessandro : just replace everything
> from \usepackage{footmisc}  to \begin{document}
> with the fragment below, then hack it until it achieves
> exactly what you need.
>
> ** Phil.
> --------
> \usepackage{footmisc}
> \makeatletter
>     \long \def \@makefntext #1%
>         {%
>             \noindent
>             \makebox [0pt][r]{\@thefnmark.\,}#1%
>         }
> \makeatother
> \begin{document}

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