From 19357f9d337472572a500b8d2af8ef97932bfdda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Divyansh Singh <40380293+brc-dd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 22:19:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(theme): prevent `sub` and `sup` elements from affecting
 line height

based on normalize.css

closes #5173
---
 src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css b/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css
index 900942a4f..4472602f9 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css
@@ -241,6 +241,22 @@
     overflow-wrap: break-word;
   }
 
+  sub,
+  sup {
+    font-size: 75%;
+    line-height: 0;
+    position: relative;
+    vertical-align: baseline;
+  }
+
+  sub {
+    bottom: -0.25em;
+  }
+
+  sup {
+    top: -0.5em;
+  }
+
   vite-error-overlay {
     z-index: 9999;
   }