labelinglegendqgis
Is it possible to include subscript and superscript text in the title of a legend item in QGIS ? I have tried using <sub>some text</sub> but this just appears in the title with no change to the contents.
I am looking to have layer titles such as
Annual NO2 concentration (μg/m3)
The superscript is not a big issue, as I can use the character map to get a 3, but I don't know how to get the subscript.
It's still an open issue. The ticket on the current bug tracker is http://hub.qgis.org/issues/3239
I imagine a few users with interest in right-to-left languages could easily fund this together.
I'm reasonably certain there's not a good way to do this. Here's a terrible, terrible workaround.
Cover the legend text that you want italicized with a label with the same text in italics. Select the legend and the label and Group Items so you don't accidentally move one without the other.
Ta DA!
Sadly, this isn't a joke. I used to do this a lot. Then I decided to just live with un-italicized botanical names, and hope that my former Plant Systematics professor never sees one of my maps. At least the genus is capitalized and the specific epithet is lower case.
Best Answer
Dealing recently with this issue I have found very helpful website Tiny Text Generator - you simply write there number/text and it translates it to small caps, superscript and subscript. You can simply copy / paste into QGIS characters like ᵗʰ or ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁰ or ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉ ₀ - if your character is one of mentioned you can actually copy it straight from this answer into QGIS.
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