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From: | Omid Mo'menzadeh |
Subject: | Re: Rendering Two Dots Above a Character |
Date: | Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:13:52 +0330 |
>> 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.
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> 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
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