I'm using custom symbols for my footnotes. I want to do them in an old-fashioned style so I'm alternating between daggers and double-daggers. I'm having trouble once it gets up to four instances of either symbol. The two symbols to the right get squashed together:
I'm not sure what's causing this, but I'd like to fix it.
I'm using LyX and XeTeX on a Mac.
Here is just the Preamble:
%% Footnotes
%% allows the use of multiple types of footnotes
\usepackage{perpage}
\MakePerPage{footnote}
%% Footnote Symbols
%% use daggers and double daggers as footnote symbols
%%
%% define which symbols are to be used
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\myfnsymbolsingle}[1]{%
\ensuremath{%
\ifcase#1% 0
\or % 1
\dagger
\or % 2
\ddagger
\or % 3
\dagger\dagger
\or % 4
\ddagger\ddagger
\or % 5
\dagger\dagger\dagger
\or % 6
\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger
\or % 7
\dagger\dagger\dagger\dagger
\or % 8
\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger
\else % >= 9
\@ctrerr
\fi
}%
}
\makeatother
%% redefine the command for creating footnotes
\newcommand*{\myfnsymbol}[1]{%
\myfnsymbolsingle{\value{#1}}%
}
%% multiply the symbols for iterations above the upper bound, if needed
\usepackage{alphalph}
\newalphalph{\myfnsymbolmult}[mult]{\myfnsymbolsingle}{}
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{%
\myfnsymbolmult{\value{footnote}}%
}
%% add space between the footnote character and text in the footer
\usepackage{scrextend}
\deffootnote[1em]{1.5em}{1em}{%
\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}~%
}
And, here is a Minimal Working Copy, in LyX format (the file has an .lyx extension):
#LyX 2.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 508
\begin_document
\begin_header
\save_transient_properties true
\origin unavailable
\textclass scrbook
\begin_preamble
%% Footnotes
%% allows the use of multiple types of footnotes
\usepackage{perpage}
\MakePerPage{footnote}
%% Footnote Symbols
%% use daggers and double daggers as footnote symbols
%%
%% define which symbols are to be used
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\myfnsymbolsingle}[1]{%
\ensuremath{%
\ifcase#1% 0
\or % 1
\dagger
\or % 2
\ddagger
\or % 3
\dagger\dagger
\or % 4
\ddagger\ddagger
\or % 5
\dagger\dagger\dagger
\or % 6
\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger
\or % 7
\dagger\dagger\dagger\dagger
\or % 8
\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger\ddagger
\else % >= 9
\@ctrerr
\fi
}%
}
\makeatother
%% redefine the command for creating footnotes
\newcommand*{\myfnsymbol}[1]{%
\myfnsymbolsingle{\value{#1}}%
}
%% multiply the symbols for iterations above the upper bound, if needed
\usepackage{alphalph}
\newalphalph{\myfnsymbolmult}[mult]{\myfnsymbolsingle}{}
\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{%
\myfnsymbolmult{\value{footnote}}%
}
%% add space between the footnote character and text in the footer
\usepackage{scrextend}
\deffootnote[1em]{1.5em}{1em}{%
\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}~%
}
\end_preamble
\use_default_options true
\maintain_unincluded_children false
\language english
\language_package default
\inputencoding auto
\fontencoding global
\font_roman "default" "Kaiti SC"
\font_sans "default" "Kaiti SC"
\font_typewriter "default" "Baskerville"
\font_math "auto" "auto"
\font_default_family default
\use_non_tex_fonts true
\font_sc false
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100 100
\font_tt_scale 100 100
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\output_sync 0
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\index_command default
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\spacing single
\use_hyperref true
\pdf_bookmarks true
\pdf_bookmarksnumbered false
\pdf_bookmarksopen false
\pdf_bookmarksopenlevel 1
\pdf_breaklinks false
\pdf_pdfborder false
\pdf_colorlinks false
\pdf_backref false
\pdf_pdfusetitle true
\papersize custom
\use_geometry true
\use_package amsmath 1
\use_package amssymb 1
\use_package cancel 1
\use_package esint 1
\use_package mathdots 1
\use_package mathtools 1
\use_package mhchem 1
\use_package stackrel 1
\use_package stmaryrd 1
\use_package undertilde 1
\cite_engine basic
\cite_engine_type default
\biblio_style plain
\use_bibtopic false
\use_indices false
\paperorientation portrait
\suppress_date true
\justification true
\use_refstyle 1
\index Index
\shortcut idx
\color #008000
\end_index
\paperwidth 6in
\paperheight 9in
\leftmargin 0.8in
\topmargin 0.8in
\rightmargin 0.6in
\bottommargin 0.8in
\headheight 0.1in
\headsep 0.3in
\footskip 0.3in
\secnumdepth -2
\tocdepth 0
\paragraph_separation indent
\paragraph_indentation 0pt
\quotes_language swedish
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 2
\paperpagestyle default
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\html_math_output 0
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\end_header
\begin_body
\begin_layout Standard
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 1
\end_layout
\end_inset
, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 2
\end_layout
\end_inset
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 3
\end_layout
\end_inset
Ut enim ad minim veniam,
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 4
\end_layout
\end_inset
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 5
\end_layout
\end_inset
nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 6
\end_layout
\end_inset
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 7
\end_layout
\end_inset
in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
footnote 8
\end_layout
\end_inset
Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia
deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
\end_layout
\end_body
\end_document
Thank you for any help you may be able to provide!