Multi-paragraph footnotes: How to decrease gap between multiple paragraphs of the same footnote?

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#let leading_and_spacing = 1em
#set par(first-line-indent: 1em, justify: true, leading: leading_and_spacing)
#show par: set block(spacing: leading_and_spacing)

// --

#let fn1 = footnote[
  #lorem(25)

  #lorem(25)
]

#lorem(25)#fn1

#lorem(25)

Currently, the leading of footnote paragraphs is larger than their spacing. How to decrease their leading so that it will be the same as their spacing?

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You can change the gap between footnotes using the “gap” parameter of footnote.entry like this: #set footnote.entry(gap: 0.8em)
full example (from the documentation):

#set footnote.entry(gap: 0.8em)

Footnotes:
#footnote[Spaced],
#footnote[Apart]

(details in the documentation under “gap”)
Hope this helps

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BTW, you can link directly to the footnote page, or directly to the element or directly to the parameter.

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@jsx97 I’m a bit confused that this solves your problem: this affects the gap between different footnotes, not between paragraphs of the same footnote. Isn’t that what you actually wanted?

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@SillyFreak My bad, sorry. Yes, this is not even a workaround.

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Hello, Adrian. Thanks for this suggestion, though this is not really what I’m trying to achieve. Look at the followig example, for example:

#let leading_and_spacing = 1em
#set par(first-line-indent: 1em, leading: leading_and_spacing)
#show par: set block(spacing: leading_and_spacing)
#set footnote.entry(gap: leading_and_spacing)

#let fn1 = footnote[
  #lorem(25)

  #lorem(25)
]

#let fn2 = footnote[
  #lorem(25)

  #lorem(25)
]

#lorem(25)#fn1 #lorem(25)#fn2

And here is the output I’m trying to achieve, either version:

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Yeah, sry, my bad. I think the following should be what you want to achieve:
You can use

#show footnote.entry: it => [#show par: set block(spacing: 0.15cm)
#it
]

to change the content of each footnote entry. So you basically have the body of the footnote (called “it”) as an parameter. Then you can achieve the spacing by first applying #show par: set block(spacing: 0.15cm). Then you use #it to still have the content you wrote into the body of the footnote in it. It is important that the #it is in a new line, but you could also use ; instead.
Again, sry for the misunderstanding. Hope this is what you are looking for :blush:
Feel free to ask further questions if needed :slight_smile:

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Thanks a lot, this works as expected. It seems that by separating them with a semicolon, I can move #it on the same line with #show. Also, it seems that by replacing square brackets with figure ones, I can remove #:

  • #show footnote.entry: it => [#show par: set block(spacing: 0.15cm); #it]
  • #show footnote.entry: it => {show par: set block(spacing: 0.15cm); it}
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