In message <9907061930.AA21858@unicode.org> you recently said:
> James E. Agenbroad wrote:
>
> > A similar situation arises when Arabic script is used to write Malay.
> > Unicode(tm) character U=06BD has three dots above it in alone and final
> > contexts, but the three dots go below in initial and medial position.
>
> Not similar enough, IMHO, since nobody treats Arabic diacritic dots (not
> vowels, but modifier dots) as combining characters, do they?
> We need a case where the choice of base character determines
> something gross (not just size or exact positioning) about the
> diacritic.
According to the IPA handbook diacritics go above not below the character if
it has a descender. E.g. U+014B with U+0325 has the ring go above.
Tim
-- Tim Partridge. Any opinions expressed are mine only and not those of my employer
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