# Superscript and Subscript

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**Created:** [August 10, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superscript-and-subscript/194185 "2003-08-10T11:05:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superscript-and-subscript/194185/1 "2003-08-10T11:05:22Z")

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What codes do you use to get superscript and subscript font?

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**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superscript-and-subscript/194185/2 "2003-08-10T11:12:06Z")

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Superscript and Subscript: a[sub]n[/sub] x[sup]n[/sup] represents a generic term in a power series.

a[sub]n[/sub] x[sup]n[/sup] represents a generic term in a power series.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superscript-and-subscript/194185/3 "2003-08-10T23:01:17Z")

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If you want to see how someone did an effect such as superscript or subscript, just click “quote” for that post.