customizing parnotes formatting

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{parnotes}
\renewcommand*\parnotemarkfmt[1]{\textsuperscript{\normalfont\alph{#1}}}
\begin{document}
\noindent
Test.\parnote{first parnote} \textbf{Test.\parnote{second parnote, called from text that is boldface}}
\parnotes
\end{document}

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