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Superscript and subscript generator
Type, pick superscript or subscript, copy. When a letter has no small form in Unicode the tool says so, rather than swapping in a look-alike that spells something else.
Everything here is converted. Use Mixed to raise or lower only part of a line.
Superscript
ˢᵘᵖᵉʳˢᶜʳⁱᵖᵗ ᵍᵉⁿᵉʳᵃᵗᵒʳ ²⁰²⁴
What Unicode actually covers
Superscript: 0–9, + − = ( ), every lowercase letter except q, and the capitals A B D E G H I J K L M N O P R T U V W. Subscript: 0–9, + − = ( ), and only a e h i j k l m n o p r s t u v x. There is no subscript capital of any letter. Anything outside those sets stays as typed rather than being swapped for a look-alike from another alphabet.
Converted in your browser. These are phonetic and mathematical characters, not formatting: fine for a footnote marker or a formula in a bio, but a screen reader does not read them as ordinary text and search does not match them against the plain letters.
Why there is no superscript q
Unicode never set out to provide a small raised alphabet. The characters this tool uses were encoded for other jobs: the digits for typesetting footnotes and exponents, the lowercase letters as phonetic modifier symbols for linguists, and a scattering of capitals for the same reason. Coverage is whatever those fields happened to need, which is why every lowercase letter has a superscript except q, and only seventeen lowercase letters have a subscript.
Tools that claim a complete set fill the gaps with unrelated characters. The usual stand-in for a superscript q is a Greek phi, which is a different letter and reads as one. This tool leaves the q as typed and tells you it did, so you can rewrite the word rather than publish a wrong one.
Coverage at a glance
| Set | Available | Missing |
|---|---|---|
| Superscript digits and operators | 0 to 9, plus, minus, equals, brackets | Nothing |
| Superscript lowercase | Twenty-five letters | q |
| Superscript capitals | A B D E G H I J K L M N O P R T U V W | C F Q S X Y Z |
| Subscript digits and operators | 0 to 9, plus, minus, equals, brackets | Nothing |
| Subscript lowercase | a e h i j k l m n o p r s t u v x | b c d f g q w y z |
| Subscript capitals | None | All of them |
Footnotes and formulas, not whole words
For emphasis rather than notation, the aesthetic font generator and the strikethrough generator use other borrowed characters and combining marks, with the same screen reader and search costs. The glitch text generator stacks combining marks on purpose, which is the opposite of what a footnote needs.
- A footnote marker after a claim in a LinkedIn post, with the source at the bottom, is the best use there is. It makes a citation possible in a field that has no footnotes.
- Formulas and units survive: H₂O, CO₂, E = mc², m², 1st and 2nd. Use the mixed tab for anything with both.
- Do not set whole words or names in superscript. A screen reader treats modifier letters inconsistently, and search will not match them to the plain word.
- Different fonts draw these at different heights, so a raised word can sit noticeably higher on one phone than another.