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Jung_Lee_ESI
February 9, 2021

Launched: Faux superscript support

  • February 9, 2021
  • 33 replies
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Many fonts don’t have super script and sub script support, so they’re disabled (at least all the font I need to use).

I know some fonts have built-in symbols for TM, SM, R, C, etc, but in many cases, they’re not superscripted or inconsistently so.

It would be great if Figma supports faux Super Script, where you can highlight any characters, make them smaller, and adjust the positioning. (similar to how our engineering friends would implement it using and CSS to fine tune)

33 replies

Tony_Allsopp
April 26, 2021

Hi Pierre, we put together a custom font (based on Inter) with three weights that includes a number of common reference characters (including commas). Below is a link to the cheatsheet, which also includes links to download the fonts.

Figma – 18 Feb 21
Pierre_Bremell
April 26, 2021

Thank you, Tony! You made my day, my company and my client more than happy! 🙂

Casian
April 27, 2021

Hi all!

I’m in the same situation as many of you as I work with healthcare clients and I found a solution until Figma gets this sorted.

@Tom_Lowry created a plugin for this: https://github.com/thomas-lowry/superscript

I found that adding new symbols to the code.js file works wonders if you need more.

Try it out!

Monique
July 1, 2021

+1. The company I work for must have a TM after it’s name in every instance.

Scott_Shaw
July 28, 2021

Hi Tony. Is there any chance you could add a ‘TM’ to that list of characters?

Tracy_O_Callaghan
August 3, 2021

Alot of the font won’t superscript characters such as comma’s, this is causing huge issues for my healthcare client work, please sort this out asap otherwise I’ll have to make the switch to AdobeXD.

Tony_Allsopp
August 3, 2021

We’ll get a TM symbol added to the font and update here.

@Tracy_O_Callaghan you’re not referring specifically to the font we created are you? Commas def work if you have that font selected.

Tracy_O_Callaghan
August 5, 2021

@Tony_Allsopp amazing I hadn’t realise that, thanks so much!! 🙏

Vivian_Wong
September 3, 2021

Trying to superscript MD and it totally not doing it. Total deal breaker.

September 29, 2021

Like others have said, referenced work is nearly impossible using Figma. XD and Sketch support workarounds, why not Figma? I would trade 10 FigJams for this.