[XeTeX] Diacritics

[José Carlos Santos]

On 03-05-2010 22:41, Ross Moore wrote:

>> Thanks. Now I know that, yes, DTLUnicoST has an acute accent; its
>> position is 0301.
>>
>>> But I think that in TeX, LaTeX, XeTeX this shouldn't be a problem if you
>>> are using this
>>>
>>> |[Mapping=tex-text]
>>
>> But I am using it. I repeat: if I compile this file:
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage{xltxtra}
>> \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{DTLUnicoST}
>> \begin{document}
>> ń
>> \end{document}
>>
>> I get nothing.
>
> The font has the combining accent, but it doesn't have
> the combined character. That is why you need to include
>
>>> \UndeclareUTFcomposite[\UTFencname]{x0144}{\'}{n}
>
> as Ulrike advised already, and write \'n .
> This 'undeclares' the combined character Ux0144
> since the font doesn't have it, allowing
> \'n to produce n followed by Ux0301
> which should give the correct look.
>
> If that doesn't work, then there is something else altogether
> wrong with that font.

Like I said before, it does not work.

Best regards,

José Carlos Santos