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@frabjous: THANKS! , your solution worked wonders, I'd never heard of "\mathop" before now.

sorry about the uneven bracketing, i typed it fast and missed one.

also, the professor I work for is very precise when it comes to how he wants his documents typset (he's set in his ways, being over 70 ...

Hello,
So far I have gotten this to work in this manner:
\begin{equation}\label{e1.2}
\|f\|_{L^{\infty}(a, b; X)} = \raisebox{-1.5ex}[0ex]{\stackrel{\displaystyle{Ess Sup}}{_{[a, b]}} \|f(t)\|_{X}.
\end{equation}
but if I recall correctly, this should only be used for scooting text up and down?
It ...

is there a way to accomplish this without the use of a macro?
Also, the "Sup" is capitalized in the document I'm using and i've been instructed to reproduce this.

Hello,
I'm teaching myself LaTeX so I can help the applied mathematics professor I work for typeset his work. I'm practicing using an older document and need to figure out how to get: \begin{equation}\label{e1.2}
\|f\|_{L^{\infty}(a, b; X)} = Ess Sup_{[a, b]} \|f(t)\|_{X}.
\end{equation}
to ...