Super/SubScript in text

[zforray]

I am trying to learn PSP since PI seems to be a dead product and in many ways PSP has some really cool features.

So, why is it to hard to do something as simple as super/subscript in PSPX3?

I haven't been able to figure it out. All I wanted to do was take something like "March 5th" and superscript the "th". In PI, it was as simple as selecting the "th", reducing the font-size and adjusting the "Baseline shift" to something like "-8".

I can even do this with PhotoShop, which I hardly know how to use.

So, how do you do this is PSP?

[LeviFiction]

Uhhh...you do it pretty much the same way in Paint Shop Pro.

Select the text you want to be subscript, decrease the font size. To move it in close select both the "th" and the "5" and decrease the kerning a little bit.

If you can't see the kerning option then on the right-hand side of the tool options bar you should see a black arrow (don't ask me why they didn't make it white on the graphite background) click this to reveal the rest of the options for the text. They attempted to put it all on one bar which really scrunches things together.



The first red box shows you the black arrow you'll see when a toolbar can be extended to show more options.

And the second red box shows you the kerning option you'll use to move the "th" closer to the "5." Kerning is the spacing between individual characters while tracking is the spacing between all characters in a text. And Leading is the spacing between lines. In case you didn't know...not everybody does and I want to cover my bases.


This second image shows you the result of doing what I said to do. Which I believe is what you wanted.

[zforray]

Ummmmm.......not quite.

Kerning is the white space BETWEEN characters. Subscript is where the letters are smaller and offset (upper or lower) from the main text. Like when doing square/cube roots for math or like "February 14th". Go to my page and see the first slide. Look in the upper right corner. Did this slide with PI. The next one is with PSPX3 and I could not get the "5th" and "6th" to look the same:

http://swiftcreekbaptist.org/

Uhhh...you do it pretty much the same way in Paint Shop Pro.

Select the text you want to be subscript, decrease the font size. To move it in close select both the "th" and the "5" and decrease the kerning a little bit.

If you can't see the kerning option then on the right-hand side of the tool options bar you should see a black arrow (don't ask me why they didn't make it white on the graphite background) click this to reveal the rest of the options for the text. They attempted to put it all on one bar which really scrunches things together.



The first red box shows you the black arrow you'll see when a toolbar can be extended to show more options.

And the second red box shows you the kerning option you'll use to move the "th" closer to the "5." Kerning is the spacing between individual characters while tracking is the spacing between all characters in a text. And Leading is the spacing between lines. In case you didn't know...not everybody does and I want to cover my bases.


This second image shows you the result of doing what I said to do. Which I believe is what you wanted.

[LeviFiction]

I said between. So why did you emphasize it? You're silly.

You must have learned the definition of subscript differently than I did.

The way I learned it subscripts appear at or below the baseline, while superscripts are above. Not that a subscript is either below or above. But I suppose that now explains the title you have here.

And the way you asked the question I assumed you wanted subscript. I never superscript the "th" in lettering. I always subscript it.

You're right PSP does not have a default option to superscript text. To do this you need to make two different text boxes and position them appropriately. May be a little harder but that's because Corel didn't see a need for it.

[zforray]

My bad about the sub/superscript. I meant superscript but accidentally types sub.

I really do mean superscripting (as in superior or above) as in the examples I gave. Either way, your example isn't true subscripting since it isn't below the baseline.

You have got to be kidding that Corel (or JASC) never saw the need for the ability to sub/superscript text? Every other product I use/own that handles text can do sub/superscript.

This is exasperating. I thought PSP was going to be a far superior product to PI, since they seem to be killing PI off and just release PSPX3.

I said between. So why did you emphasize it? You're silly.

You must have learned the definition of subscript differently than I did.

The way I learned it subscripts appear at or below the baseline, while superscripts are above. Not that a subscript is either below or above. But I suppose that now explains the title you have here.

And the way you asked the question I assumed you wanted subscript. I never superscript the "th" in lettering. I always subscript it.

You're right PSP does not have a default option to superscript text. To do this you need to make two different text boxes and position them appropriately. May be a little harder but that's because Corel didn't see a need for it.

[LeviFiction]

Not having sub/superscripting doesn't make it inferior. And it is a very powerful program. Take two minutes out of your day to add the proper scripting, it's not going to kill you.