So I'll type 7 but I'm going to get a special character the same way I would get any special character or emoji. There are special characters for numbers that are superscript and subscript. One way to do it is to use Special Characters. So you have lots of different options, lots of different steps. Sometimes you want to get it just so the number kind of lines up with the top there. Then you may want to adjust and play with the font size a little bit. So whether or not it's subscript or superscript bolding it kind of makes it look a little bit better. Now typically when you see in nicely typed set things superscript or subscript done this way it's also Bolded. If I wanted to make that subscript instead then instead of going to Font, Baseline, and Superscript I would do Subscript and put it down below. So maybe something about 75% looks pretty good there. If I change it too much, like you'd think maybe going half would be just fine, then it doesn't look good. So I'm going to want to select this and change the size. Usually Superscript and Subscript are smaller.

But I'm not done yet because all it does is raise the 2 up over the baseline.īut it doesn't look really good because the two is still the same size as the seven. If I go to Format, Font I can go to Baseline and there is the selection for Superscript and Subscript. Now I am using Rich Text formatting here in TextEdit. The two is supposed to be the superscript. Say I want to say something like seven squared. Here I am in TextEdit and I'm going to show you one of the most basic ways but it also takes a lot of steps and can be a little frustrating. So this is superscript and this is subscript. It's often used for equations and for other reasons. So you're going to say seven squared you'd have the 2 there raised up. What are these? Well, if you don't know Superscript is when text is above the baseline. Video Transcript: So let's look at different ways that you could make text Superscript or Subscript. Check out 4 Ways To Type Superscript and Subscript On a Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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