From: Peter Constable (petercon@microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Sep 10 2004 - 22:00:55 CDT
Gerd:
Could you provide some images of the things you're wanting to support,
along with further clarification regarding which are in existing usage
versus which are hypothetical?
Peter Constable
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> From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]
On
> Behalf Of Gerd Schumacher
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:21 PM
> To: unicode@unicode.org
> Subject: Questions about diacritics
>
> Questions about diacritics
>
> 1. Combinations with the double (wide) macron
>
> I found an acute as well as a breve over the double macron, which is
used
> by
> Latinitics. Simple diacritics stacking might not be allowed in this
case,
> because the double macron got a higher combining class than both of
the
> other diacritics. It does work well with OpenType, but I fear, it is
not
> legal.
> If no, should there be used the CGJ for combining "normal" diacritics
with
> the double wide ones? The normal behaviour of the CGJ between
diacritics
> would not make any sense here.
>
> 2. Another invisible diacritics carrier
>
> I also found an acute on diphtongs, placed on the boundary of both
letters
> (au, ei, eu, oe, and ui). These graphemes are also used by
Latinistics.
> for sure such diacritics placing on diagraphs would be useful in more
> cases
> than this particular one. For example IPA tone contour marks, and the
> proposed zigzag above, if applied to diagraphs would be placed best
that
> way. At least I am going to do so in a grammer.
> Such diacritics placing would also be very welcome by some
paleographers,
> I
> know.
> In my opinion there should be a universal solution, which can be
handled
> easily. A nonspacing diacritics carrier would be the best solution.
Are
> there any serious arguments against such a proposal?
>
> Best regards
>
> Gerd
>
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