Subscripts

[Qtanda]

Working in my MacOS Affinity Publisher I had 300 pages textbook with hundredth subscripts, I discover these tricks. In case you did not been aware. Holding command key, selected all close future subscript. Then under the text panel, selected baseline, then subscript.

[Engineering_text]

Thank you. I've been searching the Affinity interface trying to find where the ability to make a character subscript or superscript is located. Like you, I have hundreds of subscript and superscript to create. Unfortunate that Affinity places this feature down in a menu somewhere instead of top level where font is selected. You found a way to make this tolerable. Unfortunately, I am using a PC instead of Mac -no "command" key, but the "Ctrl" key does the trick.

For others trying to figure out how to apply subscript and superscript, from the main title bar choose "Text", then "Baseline" and you'll see options for subscript and superscript. 

 

 

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Engineering_text said:

For others trying to figure out how to apply subscript and superscript, from the main title bar choose "Text", then "Baseline" and you'll see options for subscript and superscript. 

You can also create a Character Text Style, or use the Character studio panel. The Positioning and Transform settings available with either approach has an "S" field that will let you select Subscript or Superscript.

You can also use one of those approaches, and use the Typography settings rather than Positioning and Transform. But that is limited to those characters for which the font provides the sub/superscript versions.

[Engineering_text]

I've been enjoying the ease of using "ctrl alt -" keys after selecting multiple instances of where I want letters subscripted. It's now fast and easy to get subscripts.

Now I'm getting a problem with subscripts that I've never encountered before. Subscripted letters crash into, and even slightly overlap, the tall letters in the following line. I do not want to increase the vertical space for each line, it looks good for the rest of the text. The problem is the subscripts are placed too low.  I want to just nudge up the subscripts a little bit. I'm hoping there is a setting somewhere in the style menu that does this as part of the body style.

I have used your advice in creating a character style -with that I can select each subscript and apply that style. But would be even better if I could adjust how body style handles subscripts in general. Although I admit this does allow more flexibility.

Just see you have replied as i am editing this post.

 

Edited April 12, 2022 by Engineering_text
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[walt.farrell]

10 minutes ago, Engineering_text said:

Now I'm getting a problem with subscripts that I've never encountered before. Subscripted letters crash into, and even slightly overlap, the tall letters in the following line. I do not want to increase the vertical space for each line, it looks good for the rest of the text. the problem is the subscripts are placed too low.  I want to just nudge up the subscripts a little bit.

If you only adjust the baseline, the characters stay the same size. If you use the Subscript/Superscript support in "Positioning and Transform" or (where applicable) in Typography in the Character panel or Character Text Style, you adjust both the baseline and the character size.

I think that will be less likely to have the problem you've just described.

[Engineering_text]

Progress:

I've now created a character style just for subscripts. Not the solution I had envisioned, but it works. Now instead of "ctrl alt -" I'll be applying a character style. 

 

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, Engineering_text said:

Now instead of "ctrl alt -" I'll be applying a character style. 

You can assign keyboard shortcuts to text styles, if that helps.

https://affinity.help/publisher/en-US.lproj/pages/Text/textStyles_create.html