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<p><font face="monospace">RenderX,</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">For over two decades, I have been editing
several international standards in XML, using XSLT stylesheets
to transform that XML into XSL FO, and using RenderX XEP to
render that XSL FO into PDF. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">At some point in the last couple of years
(and I apologize that I cannot narrow down the timeframe any
more precisely), I noticed that a few footnotes occasionally get
rendered with the footnote number indented such that it overlaps
the footnote text. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">Here are two examples taken from the same
document (screen shots of PDF):</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">The first (correct) example:</font><br>
</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.qwu19y0a.lP2lkkFK@xmission.com" alt=""></p>
<p><font face="monospace">The second (incorrect) example:<br>
</font></p>
<p><img src="cid:part2.iyiquM1E.haV3jpo9@xmission.com" alt=""></p>
<p><font face="monospace">The XSL FO of the first example is:</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace"> <span class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:footnote</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:inline </span><span class="c18YC0">font-size=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"smaller"</span><span class="c18YC0">
baseline-shift=</span><span class="c5M9S0">"super"</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">></span>3<span class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:inline</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:footnote-body</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:list-block </span><span class="c18YC0">provisional-distance-between-starts=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"16pt"</span><span class="c18YC0">
provisional-label-separation=</span><span class="c5M9S0">"5pt"</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">fo:list-item</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">fo:list-item-label
</span><span class="c18YC0">end-indent=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"label-end()"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:block </span><span class="c18YC0">font-size=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"smaller"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">></span>3<span
class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:block</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:list-item-label</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">fo:list-item-body
</span><span class="c18YC0">start-indent=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"body-start()"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:block </span><span class="c18YC0">font-size=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"smaller"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">></span>According
to Wikipedia, a tuple is <br>
a “finite ordered list (sequence) of elements”.<span
class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:block</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:list-item-body</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:list-item</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:list-block</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:footnote-body</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:footnote</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">></span>
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<p><font face="monospace">The XSL FO of the second example is:</font><br>
</p>
<p> <font face="monospace"> <span class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:footnote</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:inline </span><span class="c18YC0">font-size=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"smaller"</span><span class="c18YC0">
baseline-shift=</span><span class="c5M9S0">"super"</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">></span>4<span class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:inline</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:footnote-body</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:list-block </span><span class="c18YC0">provisional-distance-between-starts=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"16pt"</span><span class="c18YC0">
provisional-label-separation=</span><span class="c5M9S0">"5pt"</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">fo:list-item</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">fo:list-item-label
</span><span class="c18YC0">end-indent=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"label-end()"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:block </span><span class="c18YC0">font-size=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"smaller"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">></span>4<span
class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:block</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">/fo:list-item-label</span><span
class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span class="cLUY2">fo:list-item-body
</span><span class="c18YC0">start-indent=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"body-start()"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">fo:block </span><span class="c18YC0">font-size=</span><span
class="c5M9S0">"smaller"</span><span class="c9Y6TC">></span>In
SQL, columns can be defined<br>
to prohibit null values, if desired.<span class="c9Y6TC"><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:block</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:list-item-body</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:list-item</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:list-block</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:footnote-body</span><span class="c9Y6TC">><</span><span
class="cLUY2">/fo:footnote</span><span class="c9Y6TC">></span>
</font>
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<p><font face="monospace">I believe that you will see that the two
XSL FO examples are essentially identical. </font><br>
</p>
<p><font face="monospace">Any guidance you can provide to help me
resolve this discrepancy in formatting would be greatly
appreciated. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">I think that I'm currently using XEP
version 4.28.759</font><br>
</p>
<p><font face="monospace">Many thanks!<br>
Jim<br>
</font></p>
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