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
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<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