Re: [css3-fonts] subscript/superscript variants

On May 9, 2012, at 12:33 PM, John Hudson wrote:

> The most common set of superscript and subscript variants for OpenType 
> fonts is probably
> 
>     Superscript
>     a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
>     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
> 
>     Subscript
>     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
> 
> Some font makers also include superscript é, but this is based on a 
> misunderstanding of French ordinal practice, so isn't very common.

John, to what misunderstanding are you referring? It looks to me like ordinal é turns up in the real world often enough.

-Christopher

Received on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:15:21 UTC