Re: Double Macrons on gh (was Re: Tildes on Vowels)

From: James Kass (jameskass@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 21:16:16 EDT


Kenneth Whistler wrote,

> Please note that both the UTC and WG2 have approved a new set
> of combining double accents:
>
> U+035D COMBINING DOUBLE BREVE
> U+035E COMBINING DOUBLE MACRON
> U+035F COMBINING DOUBLE LOW LINE
>
> <snip>
>
> Now, the question is, how long will it take for the fonts and
> browsers to catch up on those forms, as well??
>

The other double combiner marks already work fairly well in default
position in existing browsers. These ought to work right out-of-the-
box, once fonts include glyphs.

Is it safe to include glyphs for the above referenced characters now?

Best regards,

James Kass.



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