HTML <sup>Tag


Example

Superscript text:

<p>This text contains <sup>superscript</sup> text.</p>

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Browser Support

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All major browsers support the <sup> tag.

Definition and Usage

The <sup> tag defines superscript text. Superscript text appears at half a character height above the baseline, but has the same font and size as the characters in the current text flow. Superscript text can be used to add footnotes, such as WWW.[1]。

Tip:Please use<sub>the tag to define subscript text.

Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

None.

Global Attributes

The <sup> tag supportsthe global attributes in HTML.。

Event Attributes

The <sup> tag supportsthe event attributes in HTML.。

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