1<refentry id="footnote.number.symbols"> 2<refmeta> 3<refentrytitle>footnote.number.symbols</refentrytitle> 4<refmiscinfo role="type"></refmiscinfo> 5</refmeta> 6<refnamediv> 7<refname>footnote.number.symbols</refname> 8<refpurpose>Special characters to use as footnote markers</refpurpose> 9</refnamediv> 10 11<refsynopsisdiv> 12<src:fragment id='footnote.number.symbols.frag'> 13<xsl:param name="footnote.number.symbols" select="''"/> 14</src:fragment> 15</refsynopsisdiv> 16 17<refsect1><title>Description</title> 18 19<para>If <parameter>footnote.number.symbols</parameter> is not the empty string, 20footnotes will use the characters it contains as footnote symbols. For example, 21<quote>*&#x2020;&#x2021;&#x25CA;&#x2720;</quote> will identify 22footnotes with <quote>*</quote>, <quote>†</quote>, <quote>‡</quote>, 23<quote>◊</quote>, and <quote>✠</quote>. If there are more footnotes 24than symbols, the stylesheets will fall back to numbered footnotes using 25<parameter>footnote.number.format</parameter>.</para> 26 27<para>The use of symbols for footnotes depends on the ability of your 28processor (or browser) to render the symbols you select. Not all systems are 29capable of displaying the full range of Unicode characters. If the quoted characters 30in the preceding paragraph are not displayed properly, that's a good indicator 31that you may have trouble using those symbols for footnotes.</para> 32 33</refsect1> 34</refentry> 35