Subscript and superscript

The high position is a graphical design tool in the pleading, be raised in the letters or numbers from the normal text. More specifically, it is a font attribute that one character a special position ( increased relative to the baseline ) and size ( in the reduced rule) are.

When a high position takes place, the font size by most word processors and typesetting programs is already automatically adjusted, so reduced.

Creation, input

Use

Examples in German lyrics

• In mathematical formulas or exponential particularly large or small numbers (example: 109 or 10-7), the exponent is characterized by the high position. Even physical variables such as square meters (sqm ) and cubic meters (m³ ) use the high position.
• At times, the minutes are lifted off the hours, either by a period, colon, or high position. Example: 16.30 clock, 16:30, or 1630 clock.
• References to numbered footnotes or references to source data are displayed in a text often by the high position of a number.

Examples in other languages

• In English, a high position is often used in ordinal numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ...
• The same in Spanish. Here are a º or ª ( for the female form) is written to behind the numbers. ( 1 °, 1 º, 2 º, 2 ª ) is an exception in this case represents 1 °, which is to 1.er before nouns.
• In French but also in Spanish and in other languages ​​a high position is often used in abbreviations: n ° (French: numéro ), Sr. ª (Spanish: Señora )