Description

In Typst, the sub and super functions attempt to use the OpenType "subs" and "sups" font features (or Unicode subscript/superscript characters in versions prior to 0.13 #5777). However, when a font does not provide dedicated subscript or superscript glyphs, Typst falls back to generating faux superscripts or subscripts.

This fallback produces inconsistent and visually awkward results, particularly in contexts such as author lists in scientific papers:

Code to reproduce:

#text(
  font: "Inter"
)[Foo#super("1"), Bar#super("1,2")]

I evaluated this behavior in Typst versions 0.13.1 and 0.14.

Reproduction URL

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Operating system

Web app

Typst version

• I am using the latest version of Typst