subscripts/superscripts

[lexpatrie]

Have we lost this ability?

 

[Eufalconimorph]

I don't see an option for it. For some characters there are unicode options: all numerals, plus, minus, parentheses, and some letters: ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁺⁻⁽⁾ⁿ ₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉ₐₑₔₕᵢⱼₖₗₘₙₒₚᵣₛₜᵤᵥₓ

We can also just type out LaTeX in code blocks.

$\int_{a}^{b}f^{\prime}(x)dx=f(b)-f(a)$

It'd be much nicer if the site supported MathJax or similar, though of course you can add that to your own browser through an addon to typeset LaTeX inline. And it doesn't even support Markdown, still uses BBCode, so I don't really expect modern functionality!

 

[lexpatrie]

So, this?

Unicode subscripts and superscripts - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

How does one incorporate those into normal text here?

 

[Eufalconimorph]

One types them, using the keyboard and your OS's input method for doing so. E.g. for me on Linux that's a Compose key (where right-control would be), so to type x² I type the sequence x, compose, ^, 2. Windows users are stuck holding alt & memorizing numpad codes, or installing third-party software to support better input methods, but they're masochistic enough to be using Windows so they're used to suffering.

I tend to prefer LaTex in code blocks, since it allows more symbols, but it does require both the reader and the writer to know LaTeX.