[Tex/LaTex] Superscript in Document Title with ACM

Question

I'm trying to get a superscript into the title of my paper using ACM's template. I'm having an issue in that when I try to set the text as a superscript, it ends up in a small font, not scaled with the title, and in the center of the line.

Here's a working example:

\documentclass{acm_proc_article-sp}

\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage{float}

\begin{document}

\title{DT\textsuperscript{2}CE}

\maketitle
\end{document}

Not sure how I can correct this. I've tried using \raise0.5ex\hbox{2} but that doesn't scale the text to size.

Answer 1

To typeset the title, the class acm_proc_article-sp uses \ttlfnt which is defined using the problematic old \newfont (in fact, it uses this old command for other elements too!):

\newfont{\ttlfnt}{phvb8t at 18pt}

Give a sensible replacement definition such as

\renewcommand\ttlfnt{\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{b}\fontsize{18}{22}\selectfont}

A complete example:

\documentclass{acm_proc_article-sp}

\renewcommand\ttlfnt{\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{b}\fontsize{18}{22}\selectfont}

\begin{document}

\title{DT{\fontsize{17.28}{20}\selectfont\textsuperscript{2}}CE}
\author{Author}

\maketitle

\end{document}