Professional Engraving Systems

Creating Subscripts and Superscripts with Xenetech Graphic Workstation - by Ben Rosenstein

Xenetech Graphic Workstation makes it very easy to create subscripts and superscripts. You just have to remember to stay in text mode until completed.

We will use this example to demonstrate subscripts.

1. Set your letter height to 1” and base line to 1.5.
2. Type an upper case H
3. Click on letter height and change it to .5
4. Use the arrow keys and move down to base line, change it to 1.75, and press enter
5. Type the number 2
6. Hold down the shift key and press enter. This will reset the letter height and base line back to 1” and 1.5”
7. Next type upper case SO
8. Repeat steps 3 & 4, and type the number 4
9. Redraw the screen to exit text mode.

We will use this example to demonstrate superscripts.

1. Set your letter height to 1” and base line to 1.5.
2. Type an upper case M
3. Click on letter height and change it to .5
4. Use the arrow keys and move down to base line, change it to 1” and press enter
5. Type an upper case C
6. Hold down the shift key and press enter. This will reset the letter height and base line back to 1” and 1.5”
7. Next type Donald
8. Redraw the screen to exit text mode.