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Palatino superscript doesn't work right

Palatino is my favorite font. But since installing Mavericks, superscripting doesn't work right in Microsoft Word. When Palatino type that is 14 points or smaller is superscripted, instead of being reduced a couple of points it is made extremely tiny. Also, instead of being raised to the top of the line, it appears in the middle (vertically) of the line. Since I use endnotes a lot, this effectively destroys the Palatino font for me.

According to Get Info, this particular font is Copyright © 1991-99, 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. Copyright © 1991-92 Type Solutions, Inc., so I've had it for a long time. Is there an updated version that will fix this problem? I don't have this problem in other programs, including PowerPoint. I use Office 2011.

Here is an enlarged image of the superscript (st):

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 7, 2013 8:32 AM

32 replies

Jan 11, 2016 10:04 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Yep, that's a mystery.

Heck, even somewhat correctly in TextEdit

:-) Good point, I forgot to mention in my post that TE just raises the baseline when it does "superscript." But it seems to do that the same with Palatino as with any other font.

Kootsbug

Level 1

8 points

Apr 11, 2017 7:53 PM in response to Glenn Millhauser

This fix worked. I'm a chemistry professor and you can imagine how difficult it is writing quizzes and exams with microscopic-sized fonts. Thanks for the tip!

Palatino superscript doesn't work right