Footnotes with superscript references.

[PeterRobertson]

I would have expected the <footnote> mechanism to give references that were in the common style of superscripts.

Instead they come out as something that is hardly distinguishable from
a simple number, like this1.

How do I get superscripts for footnote references?

[sorin_ristache]

How do I get superscripts for footnote references?

By overriding the template format.footnote.mark in a customization layer. The following is an example of such a layer that uses a font with a 60% size of the normal text font for the superscript references:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">

    <xsl:import href="../frameworks/docbook/xsl/fo/docbook.xsl"/>

    

    <xsl:template name="format.footnote.mark">

        <xsl:param name="mark" select="'?'"/>

        <xsl:attribute name="line-height-shift-adjustment">disregard-shifts</xsl:attribute>

        <fo:inline vertical-align="super" font-size="60%">

            <xsl:copy-of select="$mark"/>

        </fo:inline>

    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

You have to change the href attribute of the import element to point to the path on your machine. Also make sure you enclose the body of the footnote in an element like para, variablelist etc. and not place it directly as text inside the footnote tag. <oXygen/>'s content completion will help you when you type < inside the footnote tag.

Best Regards,
Sorin

[PeterRobertson]

Thank you. That works well.