Page Layout ⇒ Can't stop footnotes being double spaced

[letty]

Hi,

I've got a bit of a problem. I'm trying to write a paper with the main text doublespaced, and the footnotes single-spaced. I'm using the document class 'article' and setspace. Everything I read tells me that this should produce the result I want, but stubbornly the footnotes come out double spaced. To add insult to injury, there is less space between each line of a multiline footnote than between one footnote and the next, making it really hard to read.

I've a deadline today, so I'd be really grateful if anyone could advise on how to fix this. Below is the code that generates the problem on my machine.

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\documentclass[12pt]{amsart}
\usepackage{geometry} % see geometry.pdf on how to lay out the page. There's lots.
\geometry{a4paper} % or letter or a5paper or ... etc
% \geometry{landscape} % rotated page geometry

% See the ``Article customise'' template for come common customisations

\title{}
\author{}
\date{} % delete this line to display the current date

%%% BEGIN DOCUMENT
\begin{document}

\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\section{}
\subsection{}

\end{document}

Thank you so much for your help,

Letty

[meho_r]

Did you try loading footmisc package?

BTW, that code you posted doesn't show the issue at all. A little bit more complete Minimal Working Example is needed.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Letty,

I'm using the document class 'article' and setspace.

the code you posted doesn't use setspace, which explains that footnotes are doublespaced. Check again that you really use setspace. Also, the class is amsart, not article. If you would show a compilable example, readers could test and fix it. Now it's still quite theoretical.
A minimal example is not hard to create. Make a copy of your original and reduce that, by removing all not problem related content.

Stefan