Questions tagged [left-superscripts]

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Low-level command for controlling left superscript spacing

This question has led to a new package: leftindex It is a well-known problem that there seems to be no automatic way of getting nice spacing for left indices, particularly left superscripts. The most standard choice of command seems to be…
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Spacing for left indices

There are many packages for left super- and subscripts, but none of them seem to solve the central issue: The spacing between the left indices and the symbol often looks wrong. Most packages seem to use some variant of the idea of adding a \vphantom…
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