How to change footnote number to non-superscript

Question

I've almost got my footnotes formatted just the way I want them, thanks to the footmisc package. But using hanging footnotes it's a bit annoying to have the notes marked with that superscript number that rises above the line (probably makes sense to distinguish when the marker is right next to the note text).

I'm trying to figure out how to either (1) have the note marker in the normal footnote text, maybe with a '1.' style or (2) move the marker down so it's not superscripted above the line. Any suggestions?

Example code:

\documentclass[11pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}

\usepackage{setspace}

\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\small}        % 10pt footnotes in 11pt doc instead of 9pt

\usepackage[hang,flushmargin,splitrule,multiple]{footmisc}

\setlength{\footnotemargin}{1.5em}      % Between marker and text
\setlength{\skip\footins}{1\baselineskip}       % Between main text and note rule
\setlength{\footnotesep}{\skip\footins}     % Between footnotes [= previous]

\renewcommand{\hangfootparskip}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\hangfootparindent}{1.5em}


\doublespacing
\parskip=0pt

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum ...\footnote{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis. 

Curabitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna. Donec vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra metus rhoncus sem. Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices. Phasellus eu tellus sit amet tortor gravida placerat. }

\end{document}

Example output:

Answer 1

I suppose that, in the main text you still want a superscripted footnote mark.

Here's a patch to \@makefntext which does the trick. I didn't try to check if there are any side effects. Note I slightly changed some of your lengths settings, to suit my personal taste.

\documentclass[11pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}

\usepackage{setspace}

\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\small} % 10pt footnotes in 11pt doc instead of 9pt

\usepackage[hang, flushmargin,splitrule,multiple]{footmisc}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter%%
\patchcmd{\@makefntext}{%
\ifFN@hangfoot
\bgroup}%
{%
\ifFN@hangfoot
\bgroup\def\@makefnmark{\rlap{\normalfont\@thefnmark.}}}{}{}%
% %%%
\patchcmd{\@makefntext}{%
\ifdim\footnotemargin>\z@
\hb@xt@ \footnotemargin{\hss\@makefnmark}}%
{%
\ifdim\footnotemargin>\z@
\hb@xt@ \footnotemargin{\@makefnmark\hss}}{}{}%
\makeatother

\setlength{\footnotemargin}{1.25em} % Between marker and text
\setlength{\skip\footins}{1\baselineskip} % Between main text and note rule
\setlength{\footnotesep}{\skip\footins} % Between footnotes [= previous]

\renewcommand{\hangfootparskip}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\hangfootparindent}{1em}

\doublespacing
\parskip=0pt

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

Lorem ipsum...\footnote{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis.

Curabitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna. Donec vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra metus rhoncus sem. Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices. Phasellus eu tellus sit amet tortor gravida placerat. }

\end{document} 

Answer 2

I think this was what you looked for. No need to use hang as an option.

\makeatletter%%
\newcommand\@mymakefnmark{\normalfont\@thefnmark.\hfill}
\renewcommand\@makefntext[1]{%
    \parindent 1em%
    \noindent
    \hb@[email protected]{\hss\@mymakefnmark}\RaggedRight#1}

\makeatother