Re: Accents of the same combining class displayed side by side

From: Karl Pentzlin (karl-pentzlin@acssoft.de)
Date: Thu Nov 06 2008 - 16:44:49 CST

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    Am Donnerstag, 6. November 2008 um 22:33 schrieb Michael Everson:

    ME> On 6 Nov 2008, at 21:24, Asmus Freytag wrote:
    >> I claim that side by side is common for tall narrow accents, but
    >> uncommon for flat wide ones. Is that the difference?
    ME> No. Teuthonista usually stacks. For instance, diaeresis atop
    ME> diaeresis. Same as UPA. There are also side-by-side accents, like
    ME> Circumflex and Acute (if I recall correctly; Karl can correct this).

    Teuthonista, which uses doubled diacritics commonly, uses circumflexes
    side by side, while it stacks diaereses, breves and inverted breves.
    The paired circumflexes are connected and may look like a turned
    sans-serif w.

    - Karl Pentzlin



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