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I want to remove the small space after footnote mark (it especially visible before punctuation marks). MWE

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Text\footnote{first}. Text\footnote{second} continues.
\end{document}

I've tested the negative kern, but the space is different depending on overall line space.

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    Is it really a space? Text$^1$. gives bare-eye identical result. Of course you are always free to use \! to manually fix it.
    – Symbol 1
    Commented May 22, 2019 at 21:47
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    In publishing, it's traditional to place the footnote marker after the punctuation, at least if the punctuation is a period or comma. That avoids unsightly spacing.
    – barbara beeton
    Commented May 23, 2019 at 0:53
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    @barbarabeeton In “English typography”, yes, but not in French typography, at least. :-)
    – frougon
    Commented May 23, 2019 at 8:05
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    @frougon -- Fair enough. Different languages (and locations) do have different traditions. Thanks for the clarification.
    – barbara beeton
    Commented May 23, 2019 at 13:34
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    @barbarabeeton in cyrillic typography we also place marker before punctuation (as in French).
    – Denys Potapov
    Commented May 24, 2019 at 10:14

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That's exactly what fnpct is for:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fnpct}
\setfnpct{punct-after}

\begin{document}

Text\footnote{first}. Text\footnote{second} continues.

\end{document}

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or

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fnpct}

\begin{document}

Text\footnote{first}. Text\footnote{second} continues.

\end{document}

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The amount of shifting is customizable.

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