Page Layout ⇒ Alternative Format for the Footnote Numbering

[eilonsolan]

The number of a footnote appears as a superscript. I would like it to appear in footnote size and not as a superscript, but as part of the text (to those who wonder why, this is how the publisher wants it to look like). Anyone knows how to do that?

I tried this but the footnote still appears in superscript.

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\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{{\scriptsize\arabic{footnote}}}

I use the article class.

Thanks,
Eilon

[localghost]

It's a bit complicated, but not impossible.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\makeatletter
\def\@makefnmark{\hbox{\normalfont\scriptsize\@thefnmark}}
\long\def\@footnotetext#1{\insert\footins{%
    \reset@font\footnotesize
    \interlinepenalty\interfootnotelinepenalty
    \splittopskip\footnotesep
    \splitmaxdepth \dp\strutbox \floatingpenalty \@MM
    \hsize\columnwidth \@parboxrestore
    \protected@edef\@currentlabel{%
       \csname p@footnote\endcsname\@thefnmark
    }%
    \color@begingroup
      \@makefntext{%
        \rule\z@\footnotesep\ignorespaces\enspace#1\@finalstrut\strutbox}%
    \color@endgroup}}%
\makeatother

\begin{document}
  Text \footnote{Footnote}.
\end{document}

With a class from KOMA-Script it would be a bit easier.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[eilonsolan]

Thanks, Thorsten!
One issue
The footnotemark also appears in script size, and this makes realizing that it means a reference to a footnote challenging. I would like the footnotemark to be in superscript, while the number in the footer just before the footnote itself to appear in script size. Is that possible?
Thanks again,
Eilon

[localghost]

I always forget that KOMA-Script contains the scrextend package, which lets you use some features in other classes. This package makes the task quite easy.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{scrextend}

% Footnote mark in text
\deffootnotemark{\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}}

% Footnote mark in footer
\deffootnote{2em}{1.5em}{\scriptsize\thefootnotemark\enskip}

\begin{document}
  Text\footnote{Footnote.}.
\end{document}

Details about the package features can be found in the KOMA-Script user guide.


Addendum:

An additional solution without any package.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\makeatletter
\long\def\@makefntext#1{%
  \parindent 1em\noindent \hb@xt@ 1.8em{\hss \normalfont\scriptsize\@thefnmark}\enskip #1}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
  Text\footnote{Footnote}.
\end{document}

My first approach was too complicated and not thought out very well.

[eilonsolan]

Thanks, this does the trick.
Eilon