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I would like to show both super and subscript together some text.

I tried this sometext\textsuperscript{1}\textsubscript{2}

But 2 does not show up right below 1.

Thanks for your help. Also how can I show 1 & 2 in front of sometext as well.

regards Aku

I tried some both the answers posted below and here is the attachment. I was trying to put 2 digit number 16 and 32 in superscript and subscript. alt text

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Arun Debray
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Aku
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  • then you didn't put it into braces: ^{16}_{32}. That was the behaviour Alan already pointed out. –  Jan 04 '11 at 19:51
  • This is also an argument in favour of never leaving the braces off after ^ and _ in answering these types of questions. :-) – Alan Munn Jan 04 '11 at 21:38

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without using directly math and with colors:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\def\SPSB#1#2{\rlap{\textsuperscript{\textcolor{red}{#1}}}\SB{#2}}
\def\SP#1{\textsuperscript{\textcolor{red}{#1}}}
\def\SB#1{\textsubscript{\textcolor{blue}{#1}}}

\begin{document}
\huge
sometext\SPSB{1}{2} more text

sometext\SP{1} more\SB{2} text\SP{1}

\end{document}

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  • Why it is reducing the text size of "sometex" & "more text" to scriptsize. It should be in the normal size and only sub-superscript should reduce in size – Aku Jan 04 '11 at 20:31
  • @Aku: I cannot see it. Give an example. –  Jan 04 '11 at 20:41
  • sorry, it was the document view, because of which I thought it coming as scriptsize. It works just fine – Aku Jan 04 '11 at 22:53
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    The coloring unnecessarily complicates this answer. \rlap is all you need. – E... Aug 03 '20 at 16:06
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use it in math mode, digits are always set in upright mode.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\begin{document}
\Huge
sometext\textsuperscript{1}\textsubscript{2}

sometext$^1_2$ \qquad$^1_2$sometext

\end{document}
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Math mode:

sometext$^1_2$

or (with amsmath):

$\text{sometext}^1_2$
Leo Liu
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    Remember that if you need non-numeric sub- and superscripts, you'll need to enclose them in text{} (from amsmath). e.g. sometext$^{\text{super}}_{\text{sub}}$ otherwise the text won't come out correctly. – Alan Munn Jan 04 '11 at 17:51
  • That's right. But it's not clear whether sometext\textsuperscript{1}\textsubscript{2} should be in text mode. Afterall, numbers are always typeset in the same typeface by default. – Leo Liu Jan 06 '11 at 04:59
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To typeset "sometext" followed by "'1' above '2'" you can simply use:

sometext\rlap{\textsuperscript{1}}\textsubscript{2}

This will only work nicely if the superscript is longer than or equal to the subscript in width. If the subscript is longer, place it first and inside the rlap.

Rudy Matela
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  • Is this, maybe, back-to-front? I'm finding the shorter needs to be placed in the rlap. – Ian Nov 14 '22 at 09:32