Subscript and superscrits seem to be swapped

Yes, that’s weird. It’s a rule in the editor stylesheet that brings the character up. At least it looks OK on the published post.

for those stumbling into the same issue:

Twenty Sixteen is the first theme that defines the way tinyMCE behaviour in a css file. The sub and sup parts in that css have been switched. Behaviour of the resulting html is correct, just not inside the visual editor pane.

To correct:

open the file “./wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/css/editor-style.css”

look for

sub {
	top: -6px;
}

sup {
	bottom: -3px;
}

change this part to

sup {
	top: -6px;
}

sub {
	bottom: -3px;
}

save the css-file, and the problem is solved. As always: be aware this change may be overwritten on updates so keep this solution in mind. If the developing team look at this, please correct this in your distribution. I downloaded and started working with wordpress yesterday, with this problem still in the distribution files.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by leoprast1967.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by leoprast1967.

That is what I was looking for! Thanks leoprast1967.