New in Superhuman Docs: Subscript and Superscript Formatting

Happy Friday!

We have another fun update to share: we’ve added subscript and superscript formatting in Superhuman Docs.

You can now format text as subscript or superscript directly from the formatting toolbar or by using slash commands in the canvas. This is especially helpful for writing things like:

  • Chemical formulas: H₂O, CO₂, SO₄²⁻
  • Math and science notation: E = mc², a² + b² = c²
  • Variables and indexes: x₁ + x₂ + … + xₙ

A few details worth knowing:

  • Subscripts and superscripts work alongside other formatting options such as bold, italics, underlining, color, and highlighting.
  • They’re supported in tables as well as regular doc text.
  • Formatting is preserved when copying and pasting supported content.
  • Subscripts and superscripts are supported during import in AI Editor docs and during DOCX export.

This is a small-but-mighty formatting update, and one more step toward making Superhuman Docs a more complete home for structured, polished, and collaborative work.

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Sure love to see some more chemistry, physics, and math. Thks Codans/Superhumans!!
Another useful feature could be for number columns to support scientific notation (e.g. 3.E5).
As far as I can tell, we can use scientific notation to input a value (see example below) but not return calculation outcome in the same notation.
I end up handling a lot of very large and very small numbers and ended building a pack for that but it’s a bit wonky and I never found the time to fix it enough for release.
Any chance we could see an update like that?

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Definitely a great suggestion! I will add to the queue and let you know if there are any plans currently to be added to the roadmap.

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