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\documentclass[ngerman]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{190.324pt}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\usepackage[textwidth=6cm,textheight=4cm]{geometry}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[para]{footmisc}
\usepackage{pifont}
\renewcommand\thefootnote{\ding{%
  \numexpr\value{footnote}+40\relax}}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
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foo\footnote{bar}foo\footnote{bar}
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foo\footnote{bar}foo\footnote{bar}
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foo\footnote{bar}foo\footnote{bar}
\end{document}