Is your New Year’s resolution to write more math blogs on Medium?
Then here is what you need to do to write subscripts, which are pretty essential elements of a math blog, on Medium.
I waited for Medium to add this feature, but it just never does, so as of this writing in January 2023, the only way to write a math subscript on Medium is to copy and paste the Unicode. (Actually, it’s not that bad!)
Subscript Numbers: ₀ ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉Subscript Letters: ₐ ᵦ 𝒸 𝒹 ₑ 𝒻 𝓰 ₕ ᵢ ⱼ ₖ ₗ ₘ ₙ ₒ ₚ ᵣ ₛ ₜ ᵤ ᵥ 𝓌 ₓ ᵧ 𝓏Subscript Operators: ₍ ₊ ₋ ₌ ₎Using these, you can express
X² = X₁² + X₂² + … + Xₙ²
For superscript, you can just use ^.
If you type X ^ 2, it will come out as X².
Answering reader’s request:
Here you go!
Superscript Letters: ᵃ ᵇ ᶜ ᵈ ᵉ ᶠ ᵍ ʰ ᶦ ʲ ᵏ ˡ ᵐ ⁿ ᵒ ᵖ ʳ ˢ ᵗ ᵘ ᵛ ʷ ˣ ʸ ᶻ
We don’t have q in superscript Unicode. I don’t know why.
You can get more from Unicode subscripts and superscripts.
On the other hand, if you want to find the unicode from the characters:
characters = '⁰ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁺ ⁻ ⁼ ⁽ ⁾ ₀ ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉ ₊ ₋ ₌ ₍ ₎ ᵃ ᵇ ᶜ ᵈ ᵉ ᶠ ᵍ ʰ ⁱ ʲ ᵏ ˡ ᵐ ⁿ ᵒ ᵖ ʳ ˢ ᵗ ᵘ ᵛ ʷ ˣ ʸ ᶻ ᴬ ᴮ ᴰ ᴱ ᴳ ᴴ ᴵ ᴶ ᴷ ᴸ ᴹ ᴺ ᴼ ᴾ ᴿ ᵀ ᵁ ⱽ ᵂ ₐ ₑ ₕ ᵢ ⱼ ₖ ₗ ₘ ₙ ₒ ₚ ᵣ ₛ ₜ ᵤ ᵥ ₓ ᵅ ᵝ ᵞ ᵟ ᵋ ᶿ ᶥ ᶲ ᵠ ᵡ ᵦ ᵧ ᵨ ᵩ ᵪ'
for c in characters.split():
print(c + '=' + hex(ord(c)))You got the Unicodes!
ᵃ=0x1d43
ᵇ=0x1d47
ᶜ=0x1d9c
ᵈ=0x1d48
ᵉ=0x1d49
ᶠ=0x1da0
ᵍ=0x1d4d
ʰ=0x2b0
ⁱ=0x2071
ʲ=0x2b2
ᵏ=0x1d4f
ˡ=0x2e1
ᵐ=0x1d50
ⁿ=0x207f
ᵒ=0x1d52
ᵖ=0x1d56
ʳ=0x2b3
ˢ=0x2e2
ᵗ=0x1d57
ᵘ=0x1d58
ᵛ=0x1d5b
ʷ=0x2b7
ˣ=0x2e3
ʸ=0x2b8
ᶻ=0x1dbb