sup

Summary

Defines superscript text. Superscript text appears half a character above 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 SUP element to change some of the text to a superscript font. (MathML usage is encouraged, but this is acceptable.)

(X<SUP>2</SUP> + Y<SUP>2</SUP>)

Related specifications

HTML 5.1

W3C Working Draft

HTML 5

W3C Recommendation

HTML 4.01

W3C Recommendation

See also

Other articles

• html/elements/sub

Attributions

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