[Solved] Footnote doubled anchor such as ††
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:07 am
Many footnote formats which do not use integer sequences rely on a limited sequence of symbols. When more footnotes are required than there are different symbols the format calls for the symbols to be doubled (& then, if need be tripled!!) I would like to have a way just to do doubling. For brevity, suppose the set { * § # † ‡ } is the complete set "considered/approved" or use. The 6th footnote would use «**» the 7th «§§» and so on. Is there a way to achieve this using the footnote anchor style? (I don't believe there is a character set with doubled glyphs.)
(A workaround would be to use the glyphs "6" "7" "8" etc. in sequence then replace the numbers with the appropriate twinned(/triplet) - but of course this loses the "click to jump to" combination.) While the "click" feature can be sacrificed in the case at hand I would not want to also have to manually set aside the footnote space at the bottom of pages. Too, at present I don't know what hacks would be needed to preserve that space. I think putting the glyph pair where the footnote text begins (laborious) then using "hidden" for the footnote reference might work but chaos would aways lurk wrt the footnotes space. (Is there a simple way to create a "character set" of png files for doubled glyphs which could masquerade as characters?)
(A workaround would be to use the glyphs "6" "7" "8" etc. in sequence then replace the numbers with the appropriate twinned(/triplet) - but of course this loses the "click to jump to" combination.) While the "click" feature can be sacrificed in the case at hand I would not want to also have to manually set aside the footnote space at the bottom of pages. Too, at present I don't know what hacks would be needed to preserve that space. I think putting the glyph pair where the footnote text begins (laborious) then using "hidden" for the footnote reference might work but chaos would aways lurk wrt the footnotes space. (Is there a simple way to create a "character set" of png files for doubled glyphs which could masquerade as characters?)