# How to make a superscript on the upper left hand corner of a letter? [duplicate]

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Left and right subscript

How can I make a superscript on the upper left hand corner of a letter?

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## marked as duplicate by Werner, Vivi, Thorsten, egreg, diabonasApr 16 '12 at 7:35

You can use the standard ^ operator; if you require better control, the leftidx package can be an option:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{leftidx}

\begin{document}

$^{i}A \qquad\leftidx{_1^2}{\left(\frac{1}{b}\right)}{_3^4}$

\end{document}


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sadly, there's more space between the prescripts and the kernel and the following scripts. i don't know whether this is a function of the leftidx package or something else, but it would be good to look into and "correct". –  barbara beeton Apr 16 '12 at 14:47
@barbarabeeton: you're right. I'll take a look to the implementation of \leftidx. –  Gonzalo Medina Apr 16 '12 at 18:13

I use the following macro in my documents. I think that I had copied it from c.t.t. and the mathtools package also provides a version of this macro.

\def\presuper#1#2%
{\mathop{}%
\mathopen{\vphantom{#2}}^{#1}%
\kern-\scriptspace%
#2}

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