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Superscript & subscript generator

Turn text into superscript (x²) or subscript (H₂O) Unicode characters.

Superscript & subscript generator is free to use as often as you like, directly from this page. It sits under Generators in our catalogue, alongside Acronym generator and Anagram generator.

How to use it

  1. Open the tool — no signup or install needed.
  2. Enter your input or adjust the available options.
  3. Get your result instantly, then copy or download it.

Frequently asked questions

What is Superscript & subscript generator?

Turn text into superscript (x²) or subscript (H₂O) Unicode characters.

When would I actually use this?

Filling a layout before the copy exists, giving a bio or a headline a distinct look, and grabbing a symbol that is not on the keyboard.

What is the most common mistake?

Using styled Unicode letters where they have to be read by a machine. Screen readers announce them as individual symbols or skip them, and search engines do not treat them as the letters they resemble.

What else is filed next to it?

Acronym generator, Anagram generator and ASCII Art Generator share its section. They are not variants of it — being filed together is not the same as being alike — but that is where to look if this turned out not to be the tool you wanted.

Where do the figures come from?

Styled characters come from the Unicode mathematical alphanumeric blocks, which is why they paste anywhere but are not a font. Placeholder text is generated locally and means nothing in any language.

Further reading

All guides
ExplainerThe Fake Fonts in Your Bio Are Not Fonts: What Those Characters Really AreA bold-looking 𝐀 is not the letter A in a bold font — it is U+1D400, a separate character invented for mathematics. We printed the code points, measured what it costs in bytes, broke search, sorting and word counts with it, and scanned the block to find its 28 holes.ExplainerHow Instagram Fonts Actually Work (They Are Not Fonts)Nothing is styled. Each letter is swapped for a different Unicode character that happens to look bold or cursive — which is why a screen reader reads the result as gibberish and some devices show empty boxes.GuideMarkdown Task Lists and What Actually Renders WhereTask lists are not in CommonMark. They are a GitHub Flavored Markdown extension, which is why the same file shows checkboxes in one place and literal brackets in another. The exact marker rule, what nesting does, and a table of what is CommonMark, what is GFM and what is neither — checked against both specs and four renderers.ExplainerDetecting the Language of a Text, and Why Short Texts FailMeasured, not asserted: 90 short real phrases across six languages, none declined and 68 right — 76%, falling to 64% under sixteen letters. Four of the wrong answers came back at 100% confidence.How-toNumbering the Lines of a Text for a Review with Several PeopleNumbering starts at 1 and cannot be set to 0, the alignment is spaces rather than zeros, and the remover undoes eight of the eleven separators without touching the indentation. What it still cannot do is tell your numbers from its own.ExplainerCounting Characters Against a Limit Someone Else SetOne emoji is 1 character, or 7, or 11, or 25, depending on who is counting. Which one your form, your database and your SMS gateway mean — and a one-paste test that tells you which you are facing.