textsuperscript and hash symbol

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How can I get a text superscript of the hash (#) symbol in Latex to work? I tried \textsuperscript{\#} to no avail.

I should have been more specific in my question. I am using \usepackage{fontspec} and \usepackage{xltxtra}, with \setmainfont{Calibri}. While Latex/Xelatex prints the #, it does not print it as superscript. When I use fonts Arial, Computer Modern, or Palatino, Latex correctly prints the # as superscript.

\documentclass[10pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{microtype} 
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Ligatures=TeX}
\setmainfont{Calibri}
\begin{document}
\textsuperscript{\#}example
\end{document}

Welcome to TeX.SX! Have you seen this? Escape character in LaTeX — Sean Allred, Mar 15 '14 at 02:24
Didn't see this before, but also note that you've mistyped \textsuperscript — Sean Allred, Mar 15 '14 at 02:41
Welcome to TeX.SX! A tip: You can use backticks ``` to mark your inline code as I did in my edit. Also, we usually don't put a greeting or a “thank you” in our posts. While this might seem strange at first, it is not a sign of lack of politeness, but rather part of our trying to keep everything very concise. Accepting and upvoting answers is the preferred way here to say “thank you” to users who helped you. — Adam Liter, Mar 15 '14 at 02:43
This question appears to be off-topic because it is about a typo. — Adam Liter, Mar 15 '14 at 02:57
If you would like for the question to be reopened, it would be helpful if you to post a complete minimal (non)-working example, rather than just saying which packages you are using. — Adam Liter, Mar 16 '14 at 15:04
The reason for the problem seems to be package xlxtra. It redefines the macro \textsuperscript. While this does not affect all fonts, it affects font Calibri. A work-around is to use the original definition with the starred command, i.e. \textsuperscript*{#} — user47979, Mar 16 '14 at 15:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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Reread Sean Allred's comment:

\textsuperscript{\#}

Note: \tex t superscript...

If you are using xltextra with a font which does not support real super/subscripts, then you can tell it not to use them as explained in this answer by djnavas:

\documentclass[10pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[no-sscript]{xltxtra}
\usepackage{microtype}
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Ligatures=TeX}
\setmainfont{Calibri}
\begin{document}
\textsuperscript{\#}example
\end{document}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Mar 15 '14 at 02:46

cfr

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This previous post seems to be closely related: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/132884/xelatex-textsuperscript-issue – user47979 Mar 16 '14 at 15:52
@user47979 So it is a duplicate of a different question? But this was only obvious now you've posted an MWE. – cfr Mar 16 '14 at 16:49

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