HTML Subscript

In my last post, I explained what superscript is and how to specify it in HTML. In this post, we'll look at Subscript.

Subscript is very similar to superscript. You might remember that superscript text is rendered small and above the baseline.

Subscript text, on the other hand, is rendered below the baseline. Subscript text is just as small as superscript.

Subscript text is often used chemical formulas. For example, here's the chemical formula for water:

H₂O

You'll notice the "2" was rendered in a smaller font and below the baseline.

Subscripts can also be used in mathematics to represent the number's base (or radix). For example, if you're displaying a hexadecimal value, you could render the letters "hex" in subscript:

CCCFED_hex

To learn how to specify subscripts, check out this page which explains how to render HTML subscripts.