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From: Andreas Leha <andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de>
Subject: Re: superscript without base
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:21:22 +0000
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Hi John,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> I suppose $^{foo}$ will do what you want. you may need some additional
> \mathrm command if you do not want math fonts.
>
> or maybe try \textsuperscript{foo}
>
> (untested)
>

These both work (you are right about the math font).  But obviously only
in LaTeX.

I did not say explicitly but I'd prefer a
more backend-agnostic solution.

Best,
Andreas


>
> Andreas Leha writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> quick question: What is the syntax of superscripts without a 'base
>> character'?
>>
>> I tried to use ^{foo} and {}^{foo} which both do not produce what I
>> expect in the latex export.
>>
>> \nbsp^{foo} comes close.
>>
>> Best,
>> Andreas
>
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