General ⇒ Problem with footnotes layout

[Valuzza]

Hi all!

I need some help with layout, I used LaTeX for a document which has a lot of bulky footnotes.
Now the problem is that the pages are not symmetric in length, sometimes one is shorter because the footnotes don't reach the inferior margin of the page.
Is there a way to make every footnote reach the lower margin?
I used the package footmisc and tried the option bottom, but it doesn't really help. I've also used \flushbottom.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

[localghost]

At the moment I can't really figure out the problem. Perhaps you could create a minimal working example (MWE) and explain what you mean. You can use the blindtext package to generate long footnotes in this MWE.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[Valuzza]

Hi!
Thanks for your reply!
I'm not sure how to use these MWE, but I copy here part of my code:

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\documentclass[italian,11pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[german,french,english,italian]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\setlength{\cftbeforechapskip}{10pt}
\setlength{\cftbeforesecskip}{8pt}
\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\Large}
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\normalsize}
\renewcommand{\cftchappagefont}{\normalsize}
\usepackage{stfloats}
\usepackage[hang]{footmisc}
\footnotemargin=1.5em
\makeatother
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\footnoterule{%
  \vspace{0.6em}
  \kern-3\p@\hrule\@width.3\columnwidth%
  \kern2.6\p@}
\makeatother
\makeatletter
\def\@makefnmark{\hbox{\footnotesize\@thefnmark\enspace}}
\def\@makefnmarkin{\hbox{\@textsuperscript{\tiny\@thefnmark}}}
\def\@footnotemark{%
  \leavevmode
  \ifhmode\edef\@x@sf{\the\spacefactor}\nobreak\fi
  \@makefnmarkin
  \ifhmode\spacefactor\@x@sf\fi
  \relax}
\makeatother
\usepackage[paperheight=225mm,paperwidth=155mm]{geometry}
\setlength\evensidemargin{-3mm}
\usepackage{setspace}
\singlespacing
\setlength\bibindent{\parindent}
\setlength\footskip{10mm}
\setlength\headsep{10mm}
  \addtolength\headsep{-\topskip}
\setlength\parskip{0pt}

\usepackage{titlesec}%[rubberchapters]%%{\upshape}[small]
\titleformat{\chapter}[block]
  {\Large\upshape}{\thechapter~}{1pc}{}
  \titleformat*{\section}{\large\upshape}
  \titleformat*{\subsection}{\normalsize\slshape}
  \titleformat*{\subsubsection}{\normalsize\slshape}
  \titlespacing*{\chapter} {0pt}{-16pt}{40pt}
\titlespacing*{\section} {0pt}{39pt}{26pt}%{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{2.3ex plus .2ex}
\titlespacing*{\subsection} {0pt}{26pt}{13pt}%{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{13pt}{7pt}%{3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}
 
%\clubpenalty = 300
%\widowpenalty = 300
%\displaywidowpenalty = 300
%\raggedbottom
\flushbottom

\setlength\textheight{175mm}
\setlength\textwidth{114mm}  

\makeatletter
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
    \hbox{}
   \vspace*{\fill}
   \vspace{\fill}
  \thispagestyle{empty}
  \newpage
 \if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
\makeatother


\begin{document}
\end{document}

I used the geometry package to set the right values and even though I set the textheight at a certain value (175mm) the text doesn't have the same length on all the pages, i.e., the distance between end of the text and end of page is not always the same, so on double pages the document looks a bit asymmetric. It doesn't report any error it's just an esthetic thing, since I'm writing this document for publication.
I hope I explained well...
I'm a novice in Latex, so any help is appreciated.
Thanks

[bjorn victor]

Hi,
There is no text between the \begin{document} and \end{document} command.
Please include an example of the footnotes that you would like to change.

Best regards,

Bjorn

[Valuzza]

Hi!
Thanks for your reply!
A fragment of the text wouldn't show the problem (I've already tried), but the text is too long to post everything here I think.
Is it possible that even though I've set textlenght and footskip some pages are shorter than others? It's about a few millimeters. It just happens on some pages, otherwise everything is ok.
Thanks.
Regards

[bjorn victor]

Ok... Since there is no text to show the problem, I had a closer look at your preamble and to be honest, it goes beyond my knowledge...

I'm afraid I will have to pass this one...

Sorry!

bjorn

[Valuzza]

Thanks anyway for taking a look
Regards