Why incomplete subscript/superscript alphabet ?

[Michael Everson]

On 30 Sep 2016, at 08:07, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela at cs.tut.fi> wrote:

> Apart from specialized cases, the recommended approach is to use higher protocols (such as formatting or markup). So instead of trying to find superscript letters for “end”, you should consider using rich text or a markup language so that the word written with normal letters “end” is formatted or marked up as a superscript.

Even I don’t because I want stuff to be preserved in plain text. 

Michael