subscript

subscript — A subscript (as in H2 O, the molecular formula for water).

Synopsis

subscript ::= [-]

Attributes

Common attributes (ID required).

Additional attributes:

    Description

    A subscript identifies text that is to be displayed as a subscript when rendered.

    Processing expectations

    Formatted inline. Subscripts are usually printed in a smaller font and shifted down with respect to the baseline.

    Attributes

    Common attributes (ID required).

    Parents [+]

    This element occurs in 179 elements.

    Children [+]

    This element contains 29 elements.

    Examples

      1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
      2 <title>Example subscript</title>
        
      4 <para>Thirsty?  Have some H<subscript>2</subscript>O.
        </para>
      6 
        </article>

    Thirsty? Have some H2O.

    Last revised by Norman Walsh on 6 Jun 2011 (git hash: 6ffcc7640bbc5f852a318e452c9f210f03292cb9)