Posted by 1marc1 on Feb 18, 2021; 2:51am
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/footnotes-not-working-for-pdf-tp8506p8508.html

I am pretty sure this is the way it works in AsciiDoctor 1.5.0.alpha.16. Update to a newer version (1.5.3 or 1.5.4) and the footnotes should show up as you described.

Marc.