I agree....it is a dilemma... to superscript or not.....
most often i find that superscript is used for print...and not for web.... but if you have to..i agree with Billy H.
if you have a website or web pages that have a line height issue... you may need to set your line height in the body of the page.
i prefer fullsize ...as thats how it is...and the TM symbol is coded for superscript already...... lol wish they would do that for the reg symbol to.
Legotick - 15 years ago
Same issue I am running into, coding html emails where the client must have the (r) superscript but refuses to accept the line spacing issue. My vote is to render it fullsize.
I think it depends on two things: The project and the typeface used. Since this is Smashing we're talking about, I'll assume it's _probably_ a web page. Generally, I would say you should not superscript the ®, but this is also dependent on the typeface used: many faces render the registered trademark as full size, exactly like the copyright symbol. In such cases, the easy way to do it would be to superscript it. The better thing would be to superscript and to take font-size to about 85%.
i was the one who asked for this poll. as a design-minded front-end developer, i find the standard HTML register mark does sit off the baseline. setting it superscript causes issues of line-spacing. As well as what register marks in links looks like... oy vey! This is especially hard for me to see as best when developing HTML emails (which is where this all arose from...) that cannot afford me the full CSS support.
if this poll does turn out like I hoped it woudn't... then i'll go and change it. Won't like it... but i'll concede the argument.
I agree....it is a dilemma... to superscript or not.....
most often i find that superscript is used for print...and not for web.... but if you have to..i agree with Billy H.
if you have a website or web pages that have a line height issue... you may need to set your line height in the body of the page.
i prefer fullsize ...as thats how it is...and the TM symbol is coded for superscript already...... lol wish they would do that for the reg symbol to.
Same issue I am running into, coding html emails where the client must have the (r) superscript but refuses to accept the line spacing issue. My vote is to render it fullsize.
This is works fine for me:
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I think it depends on two things: The project and the typeface used. Since this is Smashing we're talking about, I'll assume it's _probably_ a web page. Generally, I would say you should not superscript the ®, but this is also dependent on the typeface used: many faces render the registered trademark as full size, exactly like the copyright symbol. In such cases, the easy way to do it would be to superscript it. The better thing would be to superscript and to take font-size to about 85%.
@jane
i was the one who asked for this poll. as a design-minded front-end developer, i find the standard HTML register mark does sit off the baseline. setting it superscript causes issues of line-spacing. As well as what register marks in links looks like... oy vey! This is especially hard for me to see as best when developing HTML emails (which is where this all arose from...) that cannot afford me the full CSS support.
if this poll does turn out like I hoped it woudn't... then i'll go and change it. Won't like it... but i'll concede the argument.
A registered trademark symbol ® is always superscript, unlike the © symbol, which is full size and sits on the baseline.