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A fixed order of marks used where numbers are unsuitable.
Also known as: Dagger sequence, Footnote mark order
Where numbers would be confused with the text — in a mathematical or a critical edition — footnotes are marked with a conventional sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section sign, parallels, pilcrow. The order is a convention rather than a standard and varies slightly between houses.
Marks footnotes in a fixed order of symbols where numerals would be confused with the text.
Contexts: History
Follows an order that is a publishing convention rather than a standard, so house styles differ in whether parallels precede the pilcrow and in whether marks are doubled after the list is exhausted.
Contexts: History
Small raised marks in a set order: a star, a cross, a doubled cross, a doubled S shape and a paragraph mark.