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Increase horizontal spacing of (all) superscripts

I am using a TrueType font with XeLaTeX and unicode-math, and I noticed that, because italic letters are very slanted, in math formulas superscripts are too close, sometimes they touch the letter. The ...
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Problem with custom font feature for addition kerning in OpenType font

I try to add some custom kerning to an OpenType font used with fontspec under lualatex. The real-world example uses the Brill fonts, but as they are not part of TeX Live I use Libertinus in the ...
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Kerning of superscripted recto, verso and full stop/comma in biblatex-dw

I've created three commands for biblatex-dw to typeset \recto \verso and \rectoverso references. If one of these commands is followed by a full stop or comma the horizontal spacing between the ...
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Is there a LuaLaTeX solution to adjust superscript kerning on large delimiters?

Superscripts can sit very far from large parentheses, more for some fonts than others. I am seeking a Lua-based solution to adjust the kerning of math superscripts on delimiters. Here is an example ...
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Adjusting kerning with LuaTeX and realscripts

I'm using the realscript package to get true super- and subscripts with LuaLaTex. However I'm not pleased with kerning of superscripts with the font I'm using, Linux Libertine. I've tried to adjust ...
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Redefine hbar to work in super- or subscripts

I can redefine the \hbar command to use the "h" from the current math font as follows \renewcommand{\hbar}{\raisebox{.5ex}{\rotatebox{15}{--}}\hspace{-0.5em}h} For example in Times New Roman this ...
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CM fonts kerning in math superscripts

Using CM fonts with either a traditional engine or XeTeX, an expression such as $D^rf$ produces too much space between the r and the f in the output. It's easy to fix manually by inserting a \!. ...
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Kerning super- and subscripts "semantically"

I want to know if it's possible to change how LaTeX typesets superscripts and subscripts (separately, that is, not both at once) for an element where the default kerning doesn't cut it for me. Some ...
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Visually appealing subscripts with `\intercal`

From this discussion (What is the best symbol for vector/matrix transpose?) I like to use \intercal for matrix/vector tranpose symbol. However, when subscripts get involved it gets ugly: MWE: \...
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Kerning and long subscripts or superscripts

For really long sub(super)scripts, does it look bad to decrease the kerning? i.e. \lim_{n\to\infty}{\dfrac{1}{s_n^2}\sum_{i=1}^n \int_{|x-\mu_i|>\varepsilon s_n} (x-\mu_i)^2f_i(x)dx}=0 \lim_{n\to\...
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