Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts: Difference between revisions

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{{see|Help:Displaying a formula#Subscripts, superscripts, integrals}}
 
* '''[[Exponentiation]]''' is indicated using a superscript.:
:{{xt|2<sup>2</sup> &#61; 4}} using <code><nowiki>2<sup>2</sup> = 4</nowiki></code>
 
Special care is needed with subscripted labels to distinguish the purpose of the subscript (as this is a common error): variables and constants in subscripts should be italic, while textual labels should be in normal text font (Roman, upright). For example: