sub

Summary

Defines subscript text. Subscript text appears half a character below the baseline.

Overview Table

DOM Interface

HTMLElement

This element must be used only to mark up typographical conventions with specific meanings. For the purely visual formatting of content to your liking, use CSS.

Examples

This example uses the SUB element to change some of the text to a subscript font.

(X<SUB>1</SUB>,Y<SUB>1</SUB>)

Related specifications

HTML 5.1

W3C Working Draft

HTML 5

W3C Recommendation

HTML 4.01

W3C Recommendation

See also

Other articles

• html/elements/sup

Related pages

• sup

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]