newpx package introduces blank/space after footnote

Question

The following code produces an error:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{newpxtext}

\begin{document}
Text\footnote{foo}:
Next text\footnotemark.
\footnotetext{bar} <= there is a space here, before the colon. It shouldn't be there!
\end{document}

Including this in the preamble after the newpxtext package solves it.

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

This solves it too:

\usepackage[defaultsups]{newpxtext}

However, both solutions do not incorporate the newpx superscript fonts.

Does anybody know why this happens? I like the newpx packages, but the footnote superscripts get borked by it. Am I doing something wrong? Are there newer Palatino font packages that include the improved scaling, metrics, etc. the newpx packages have that the pxfonts package does not?

Answer 1

In version 1.08 of newpxtext (newpxtext.sty 2014/01/09 v1.08) the issue has been removed.

Note that the bug has been corrected also in newtxtext (newtxtext.sty 2014/01/09 v1.19).

Answer 2

There is a missing % in the package definition

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{newpxtext}
\makeatletter
\ifzpl@defaultsups %
\else
  \def\f@@tn@te{footnote}
  \def\@makefnmark{%
    \ifx\@mpfn\f@@tn@te%
      \ifx\thefootnote\orig@footnote%
        \hbox{\sustyle\hspace*{.04em}\@thefnmark}%%%%%%%%%% missing
      \else%
        \orig@makefnmark
      \fi
    \else%
      \orig@makefnmark
    \fi}
\fi
\makeatother

\begin{document}
Text\footnote{foo}:
Next text\footnotemark.
\footnotetext{bar} <= there is a space here, before the colon. It shouldn't be there!
\end{document}

Or update your distribution, then you'll get a fixed newpxtext and newtxtext package.