How to use superscript, subscript & footnotes in Datawrapper

Superscripts are characters set  above the normal line of type (e.g. 2ⁿᵈ) and subscript are characters set below (e.g. Cᵥₑₓ). There are many reasons to use them in charts: Some organization's style guides demands that you use them for e.g. chemical and physical formulas or footnotes, or maybe you just find them pretty. 

Here's an example of how subscript and superscript looks like in a Datawrapper chart:

How to display subscript and superscript

In Datawrapper, you can use subscripts and superscripts with Unicode characters that you can copy and paste into your data. To translate text into Unicode characters, use the Tiny Text Generator (external link) or copy the characters from the tables below.

The Tiny Text Generator. Here, the word "vex" is translated into superscript and subscript. To use them in Datawrapper, copy them and then paste them in your data. 

Here's a list of Unicode characters that you can copy and paste directly into your data:

Numbers

It's most likely you'll want to use numbers when using subscript or superscript. Here are the Unicode subscript and superscript numbers for your to copy:

Letters

Besides numbers, there are also Unicode  superscript letters: 

• lowercase alphabet but without a q:  ᵃ ᵇ ᶜ ᵈ ᵉ ᶠ ᵍ ʰ ⁱ ʲ ᵏ ˡ ᵐ ⁿ ᵒ ᵖ ʳ ˢ ᵗ ᵘ ᵛ ʷ ˣ ʸ ᶻ 
• uppercase alphabet but without C, F, Q, S, X, Y, and Z:  ᴬ ᴮ ᴰ ᴱ ᴳ ᴴ ᴵ ᴶ ᴷ ᴸ ᴹ ᴺ ᴼ ᴾ ᴿ ᵀ ᵁ ⱽ ᵂ
• few letters from the Greek alphabet: ᵅ ᵝ ᵞ ᵟ ᵋ ᶿ ᶥ ᶲ ᵠ ᵡ 

There are also Unicode  subscript letters:

• few letters from the lowercase alphabet: ₐ ₑ ₕ ᵢ ₖ ₗ ₘ ₙ ₒ ₚ ᵣ ₛ ₜ ᵤ ᵥ ₓ
• few letters from the Greek alphabet: ᵦ ᵧ ᵨ ᵩ ᵪ

Trademark and copyright symbols

It's possible to use superscript letters to form the trademark symbol (like so: companyᵀᴹ), but trademark symbol has its own Unicode symbol that we recommend to use instead, to make sure it looks the same as it does everywhere:  company™. Here are other Unicode symbols that you can copy to your chart:

Footnotes

You might want to explain where certain data points come from or exceptions about them (e.g. "Measured between 2000-2011, not 1999-2010 like the rest of the data" or "Source: UN Data"). To do so, we recommend to place footnote symbols next to your labels and then explain them in the Notes section below the chart. 

Here are some common footnote symbols:

• the most common one is the star, like so: label*
• after "using up" the star, many people use crosses for footnotes: label†, label‡
• it's also common to indicate footnotes with superscript characters: label¹, label², label³ (to do so, copy the Unicode numbers from the table above)
• ...or with letters: labelᵃ, labelᵇ, labelᶜ.