Hi all
I wanted to format a subscript character in Pages today, but both subscript and superscript were grayed out in the tool bar and also in the menu (Format>Baseline). however, the keyboard shortcut "Control - Command- -" worked fine.
Can anyone explain this? I was using Times New Roman, so nothing fancy.
Paul
Just a postscript: the ability to subscript/superscript in the toolbar, the menu items, and keyboard shortcuts, all seem to be coming and going randomly. Very odd.
Under what circumstances, and give us an example.
We can't see what you are looking at.
Peter
OK, I want to write the following:
silica (SiO2)
Normally, I would write SiO2, then select the 2 and choose subscript. But for some reason it is grayed out.
Paul
Paul
It could do that if the font was not a unicode font with the extended character set. If for example you have multiple versions of TNR on your Mac and one of them possibly was a reduced character set PC font.
I have tried it in tables, floating (and rotated) text boxes, shapes with fills, with Times New Roman and Times, in italics, bold, italic-bold, small caps, but can't get it to repeat your problem.
Maybe you could click on my blue name and email me an example file.
Peter
btw What OS and version of Pages are you using?
Thanks Paul, I have your file.
I got no font warning, the TNR seems to match to mine. I am have no problem with the subscripting on both my own typing of SiO2, and yours.
I am running OSX 10.6.8 and Pages 4.05.
The only thought is a quirk in Lion and the latest Pages, there have been some problems with typing and with keyboard shortcuts.
Peter
PS Run your spellchecker over the document, or employ a nitpicking subeditor type like me to check it for you. 🙂
Thanks Peter
This is a first draft, dashed off this afternoon as the ideas flowed, so I know it needs editing (I am an editor myself!)
Best wishes, Paul
PeterBreis0807 wrote:
It could do that if the font was not a unicode font
Those toolbar/menu options for super/subscript don't care about unicode, they create the raised/lowered glyph artificially. As long as the font has the ordinary number in it, they should work.
Tom are you sure of that?
I can check again but I did previous tests which showed glyph substitution, in for example small caps case.
Peter
PeterBreis0807 wrote:
Tom are you sure of that?
I can check again but I did previous tests which showed glyph substitution, in for example small caps case.
In the case of super/subscript, I am sure you will find that it always works for you regardless of the font or the character, and that copy/paste into TextEdit will indicate that the result is not "real".
Is there any font where small caps does not work? Few have actual small caps glyphs.
Odd superscript/subscript behavior
