HTML - <sup>

The HTML Superscript Element (<sup>) defines a span of text that should be displayed, for typographic reasons, higher, and often smaller, than the main span of text.

Example

 

HTML
<p>This text is <sup>superscripted</sup></p>

Result

This text is superscripted

Description  

The HTML Superscript Element (<sup>) defines a span of text that should be displayed, for typographic reasons, higher, and often smaller, than the main span of text.

Usage note:

  • This element should be used for typographical reasons only, i.e. changing the position of the text changing its meaning like in mathematical (like f4, though the use of a MathML formula should be considered) or in French abbreviations (like Mlle, Mme or Cie).
  • This element must not be used for styling purpose like the styling of the product name Latex. In that case CSS style should be used: the vertical-align property with the super value will achieve the same effect.
Content categories Flow content and phrasing content
Permitted content Phrasing content
Tag omission None as both the start and end tag are mandatory
Permitted parent elements Any element that can contain phrasing content
Normative document HTML5, section 4.6.14 (HTML4.01, section 9.2.3)

See Also  

  • The <sub> HTML element that produces subscripts. Note that you cannot use them both at the same time and you need to use MathML to produce both a superscript and a subscript next to the chemical symbol of an element, representing its atomic number and its nuclear number.
  • The <msub>, <msup>, and <msubsup> MathML elements.

 

This element implements the HTMLElement interface.

Implementation note: up to Gecko 1.9.2 inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.

License

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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/html/element/sup

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