Re: Rendering Two Dots Above a Character

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> I am trying to create some sort of tablature for Kalimba, treating
>> it like a one-string instrument with fret-labels. I want to use
>> letters like c, ċ, ċ̇ (or c𐽉), etc.  I figured there are Unicode
>> characters to do exactly that, "combining dot above" and "combining
>> two dots above", etc.  However, LilyPond does not seem to be able to
>> render "combining two dots above", and two "combining dot above"
>> characters (rendered correctly by my browser, as well as Emacs)
>> result in the two dots to be rendered almost on top of each other in
>> LilyPond.  I have attached a rather minimal example.
> 
> This is a pure font issue, not related to LilyPond at all or the used
> rendering library (Pango).  Your example works just fine with the
> fonts 'Gentium Plus' or 'Charis SIL', for example.  I've slightly
> modified your snippet to show a possible solution.

Attached is an image that shows your example Charis SIL.


    Werner