In the below the top of the beta is significantly higher the top of alpha, how could I make the top alignment equal for the two?
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} \[ a_{\alpha\beta} \] \end{document}
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Sorry to say it, but I'm sure you don't want to do that. It's like saying you wanted to align the top of latin letters, which you don't want: i.stack.imgur.com/sQEQ3.png– yo'Oct 29, 2015 at 13:18
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But that's what I want– OvercloverOct 29, 2015 at 13:19
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I want to use them as two connected indices, and care more about them being distinct "sub"scripts than about the text line looking even– OvercloverOct 29, 2015 at 13:20
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You do not want to do that. And (as a copy editor and typesetter) I hope I won't ever get to process your paper.
It really looks more like that \beta is a subscript of \alpha, which is of course wrong.
\documentclass[margin=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\lowbeta{{\text{\raise-0.55ex\hbox{$\mkern-1mu\m@th\beta$}}}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
$x_{\alpha\lowbeta}$
\end{document}
You can also try simply to lower the whole subscript:
$x^{}_{\alpha\beta}$
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Thanks, I didn't think about beta looking like a subscript of alpha; a good point, I'll consider not doing it anyway. Oct 29, 2015 at 13:46
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1@Asagen My recommendation is
$x^{}_{\alpha\beta}$, so the subscript is moved a bit down.– egregOct 29, 2015 at 14:06