RaiseBox

Move an operand vertically relative to the surrounding baseline. shift defaults to zero; positive lengths raise the operand and negative lengths lower it. Strings parse as TeX. Use TextMode for literal prose.

Property	Default	Meaning
children	Empty	Shifted operand.
shift	0	Vertical displacement; positive raises the operand.

The body keeps its natural size and ink. Its baseline/axis guides change, so math rows and surrounding prose account for its new position. The result is an ordinary atom. TeX's \raisebox{dimension}{text} accepts a text body with optional $…$ math; explicit point dimensions retain their size in scripts.

Use VCenter to center on the math axis or Smash to suppress line extents.