Re: How to make "oo" with combining breve/macron over pair?

From: David Hopwood (david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 14:01:17 EST


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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 supposed 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.

"o<cgj>o<macron>" is canonically equivalent to "o<cgj><o-macron>".
So either both have to be displayed as "<oo-macron>", or both have to
be displayed as "o<o-macron>".

My interpretation of PDUTR#28 is that <cgj> only affects enclosing marks,
so this example should be displayed as "o<o-macron>".

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