Michael Everson wrote:
> At 20:39 -0800 2002-03-03, Dan Wood wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not finding hints of this in any of the FAQ or "where's my
>> character" docs .... I'm trying to create (or find) the "oo" pair with
>> a combining macron (0304) and combining breve (0306) over the pair of
>> them together, as in these images:
>>
>> <http://www.bartleby.com/images/pronunciation/oomacr.gif>
>> <http://www.bartleby.com/images/pronunciation/oobreve.gif>
>
>
> I think the COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER is suppoised to be used here. You
> put it between the two o's and then follow that string with a combining
> macron and it is supposed to centre itself over the whole lot.
In addition, U+0305 COMBINING OVERLINEs (as distinct from U+0304) have
to join left and right, so "o+combining overline+o+combining overline"
will produce the correct appearances with pre-3.2 implementations.
Examining the GIF, it looks more like an overline than a macron anyway.
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