On 11 Mar 2012, at 12:05, Denis Jacquerye wrote:
> Stacked letters are also found in some Greek manuscripts.
> See the page http://www.archive.org/stream/revuearchologi27pariuoft#page/156/mode/1up
> with some examples: Nu, omicron, omicron and Greek circumflex (tilde),
> chi and Greek circumflex.
> Would these also have to be represented by combining characters?
Yes, but in this case I don't think that circumflex is part of the superscript letter per se. It's a base letter with a combining letter, and the whole thing has a mark over it to show it's an abbreviation. (There is obviously no chi-circumflex in Greek orthography.)
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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