[XeTeX] [OS X TeX] Accented characters in Xe(La)TeX

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 01.06.2010 um 01:06 schrieb Ross Moore:

> What I really need now are 2 things:
>
>  1.  an easy way to access variants for accents, according to
>      whether they go over upper/lower-case letters;

Linotype FontExplorer X, Apple Fonttools suite, FontForge; access via  
glyph IDs.
^ has glyph IDs (dec): 65, 215, 890, 285
¨ has glyph IDs (dec): 142, 895, 284.

>
>  2.  a reliable way to work out how much to adjust the
>      vertical position when  \set at accent  doesn't quite
>      get it right --- e.g.  with the Venturis *** styles.

FontForge and some (Python) scripting.

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   Pete

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