> The [new] INV character in Unicode can also be used for displaying dependent > vowel matras without dotted circle.
A space followed by a dependent vowel sign should display just the dependent vowel sign, no dotted circle. Indeed, (except for a "show invisibles" mode, or a "character chart" display mode) no (Indic or other) text that does not contain the *character* DOTTED CIRCLE should ever display a dotted circle as part of the displayed text. Systems that do display a dotted circle (in normal display mode) where there is no such *character* in the displayed text are buggy! /Kent K (B.t.w. the chart dotted circle glyph for combining characters look a bit different from the (normal) glyph for DOTTED CIRLCE.)