Text editing - superscript and subscript

[captjim239126]

In exploring ways to make Revit's text editing capabilities better than a Commodore 64's I've run across something called "Microsoft Rich Edit Controls". Here's a sample url - there are many easily found others: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh298375(v=vs.85).aspx. It appears that using Rich Edit would make it possible to do things like superscript and subscript that we desperately need in Revit Structure.
My question is, have any of you programmer types out there tried to build an Add-In or in some other way tried to link these Microsoft Rich Edit Controls to Revit? Would this be possible? or impossible?

[captjim239126]

AutoDesk got back to me regarding the "Microsoft Rich Edit Controls" and said: "There are technical details that prevent the implementation of these tools in Revit." OK so that approach is a no-go.
How about if we created a custom font with superscript and subscript characters added in a private use area of Unicode; if we did that would the characters appear on another firm's computers which did not have the custom font installed? Are uniquely named fonts imbedded within a Revit project? or does a Revit Project substitute whatever font it wants if the font named within the project is not installed on the computer?

[msmith122]

Im sorry, but custom fonts are not transferred to others computers through the project file. Each computer will have to have the custom font to see the created characters.

[captjim239126]

Im sorry, but custom fonts are not transferred to others computers through the project file. Each computer will have to have the custom font to see the created characters.

Boo!
So again there is no sensible cure except Autodesk fixing text, which they seem particularly uninterested in doing.