# \nonscript

Used before a space command to suppress that spacing in subscripts, superscripts, or other script styles while keeping it in the main math style.

https://texform.dev/latex/commands/nonscript

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Spacing](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/spacing) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Tags | invisible |
| Commonality | low |
| Kind | declarative |

## Syntax

### base

Argument specification: ``

Used before a space command to suppress that spacing in subscripts, superscripts, or other script styles while keeping it in the main math style.

## Examples

```latex
\nonscript
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Cnonscript)

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| base | full | none | full |

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 244 of 263 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as declarative syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

## Test cases

### base

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| {\nonscript a} | Positive: baseline | Pass | Fail | Pass |