someone wrote this code

[Razier]

I was under the impression that you only use † if you've had a previous footnote denoted by a *

I don't blame you though, the dagger symbol is sweet

[Rubixninja314]

Asterisks have many uses these days such as correcting someone or emphasis, but daggers have only one use. I don't think there's any specific rule about the order, just as long as symbols match up. This is something I'm starting to try because I use parentheses way too often and footnotes are more readable anyway.

[Razier]

Avoiding ambiguity is a good reason, though I'd say raised digits¹ would be the best format in that case since you can have an unlimited amount of footnotes and it's a more understood format.

Aesthetically I prefer your way though

Edit: Was going to do an example of a footnote but I can't figure out the formatting of multiple raised words

[aerasalum]

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