Launched: Faux superscript support

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February 9, 2021
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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)}

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Janelle

+1 for this – this has been an ongoing and time-consuming issue for my financial client work. Some of the workarounds for numbers and symbols work but for superscripting letters with numbers like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc I can’t find any workarounds. Please fix ASAP - or if someone has any suggestions for that, it would be much appreciated.

Mel-Ich

Hello Tony. All letters from a-z would be soooo great 🙂

Mico_Coffman

Does anyone have the list of standard Figma fonts that are OTF AND have superscripting enabled?

Ely_Vanloo

Working for the healthcare sector as well and lack of superscript support has been a real pain, Inter font was lacking some characters too but this is a real timesaver, thanks! 💯

It’s a shame there hasn’t been improvement for this issue although it has been noted for years now, hope Figma steps up their game here, <sup> is such an elementary feature.

Christian_Pelletier

Ditto to all letters a-z! Working with a lot of French clients that have superscript after letters, for example, school grades: 2e, 3e, 4e, 5e, 6e, etc.

It’s absolutely insane to me that Figma still doesn’t support this. This issue was first flagged 4 years ago on other support forums.

Ricardo_Andrade_Ranal

Thanks for sharing this Tony! You help me a lot with it.

noella.choi

New Participant

How is this still not a feature?!? I can’t move my client over to figma because of this. It’s insanity and you can’t superscript. Until then. have to stick to XD. Seriously. This should be on the top of the priority list. Come on, Figma!

Josh

Former Community Manager

Hey all, thank you for your feedback and patience! We want to support all design needs and are excited to confirm that we now offer faux superscripts and subscripts! 🥳 This means if you’re using a font that does not support certain superscript/subscript characters, Figma will automatically sub-in a synthesized version.

You can learn more in our help article here (Numbers > Position(subscript/superscript)):

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