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Typographically, subscripts are set with a lower Baseline and a smaller size than the other text. For example, to set ''H2O'' correctly, the ''2'' should be about two-thirds the size of the ''H'' and the ''O''. This is done automatically in many text editing and word processing programs (such as Microsoft Word).

  • In HTML and Wiki Syntax , subscript text is produced by putting it inside the tags <sub> and </sub>.

  • Unicode defines subscript characters such as ₀ ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉ ₊ ₋ ₌ ₍ ₎ (&#8320 to &#8334).

  • In TeX 's math mode (as used in MediaWiki), subscripts are typeset with the Underscore _: {ab}$ produces X_{ab}.



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