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On the Wikipedia page, "Unicode Subscripts and Superscripts", it says in the section, Other Superscript and Subscript Characters,
Consolidated, the Unicode standard defines … a full superscript Latin lowercase alphabet except 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) [and] … a few subscripted lowercase letters (a e h i j k l m n o p r s t u v x) …
However, the Superscripts and Subscripts block leaves out the following letters:
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Superscript:
a
,b
,c
,d
,e
,f
,g
,h
,j
,k
,l
,m
,o
,p
,r
,s
,t
,u
,v
,w
,x
,y
,z
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Subscript:
b
,c
,d
,f
,g
,i
,j
,r
,u
,v
Query
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Why are so many letters not shown in the Superscripts and Subscripts block if they're supposedly included in Unicode?
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Why is it that the Latin letter,
ə
Schwa, was included in said block but not shown on the Wikipedia page?
Best Answer
Short answer
Don't rely on Wikipedia.
Why are so many letters not shown in the Superscripts and Subscripts block if they're supposedly included in Unicode?
Only the most commonly needed subscript characters are in the “Superscripts and subscripts” block.
Why is it that the Latin letter, ə Schwa, was included in said block but not shown on the Wikipedia page?
Wikipedia is not a standard. You should look at the Unicode Standards for definitive references/answers.
The Wikipedia page explicitely says:
ə
is included in the Unicode Standard Superscripts and Subscripts:UTF8 symbols for subscript letters
Source: Stackoverflow answer UTF8 symbols for subscript letters by Jukka K. Korpela