# Expanding unicode support

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expanding-unicode-support/17466>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expanding-unicode-support/17466 "2018-11-13T09:17:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Nosferican](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nosferican/32/9275_2.png) [@Nosferican](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nosferican)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expanding-unicode-support/17466/1 "2018-11-13T09:17:11Z")

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Some unicode characters such as `aᵢ` are supported, but `a\_t` is not (i.e., `aₜ`). Any reason for not supporting these?

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expanding-unicode-support/17466/2 "2018-11-13T09:19:36Z")

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See [How is a state of subscript notation in Julia 1.x? - #9 by StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-is-a-state-of-subscript-notation-in-julia-1-x/17101/9) and other responses in that thread.