RE: [docbook-apps] Capital latin "Q" with dot above
On 2018-06-12 14:14, Jan Tosovsky wrote: You cannot combine multiple characters to form the composed one. If there is Unicode character for this combination, you can use it directly. If it is not displayed correctly, it means your font doesn't contain this character and you need to switch to the font with broader character support. You can if, as jmt pointed out, one of the characters (the dot, in this case) is a Unicode combining diacritical mark. At least you can in systems I've used, for most fonts. Systems I've used in this case means XeLaTeX (a Unicode-aware version of LaTeX) and Microsoft Word. I have not used the XSL-FO transform, but hopefully it works there too. There may of course be Latin fonts where the dot-over is not defined, and there might possibly be fonts where it is defined but where it doesn't position itself correctly over some base characters (particularly where there is more than one diacritic, i.e. stacked diacritics). Fonts should come with a chart that tells what code points they handle, but that information can sometimes be difficult to find. Mike Maxwell University of Maryland - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
RE: [docbook-apps] Capital latin "Q" with dot above
On 2018-06-11 oa...@docbook-autor.de wrote: > > as it seems there isn't an entity for a capital latin "Q" with a dot > above like . > > I'm wondering how to realise generic diacritical marks with DocBook > (besides using an inline image...). You cannot combine multiple characters to form the composed one. If there is Unicode character for this combination, you can use it directly. If it is not displayed correctly, it means your font doesn't contain this character and you need to switch to the font with broader character support. If there is no suitable Unicode character nor appropriate font, the only way is to use the inline image, ideally vector one, e.g. SVG. HTH, Jan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
Re: [docbook-apps] Capital latin "Q" with dot above
Unicode provides "combining diacritical marks" : you can use "COMBINING DOT ABOVE", the hexadecimal value of which is 307 : in xml : Q in text, on a linux platform (Hold down the shift and control keys while typing 'u' and the hex value) Q̇ Please note that result is dependant on the font you are using ; but it works for most standard (browser) fonts. More information is available at http://www.unicode.org and charts http://www.unicode.org/charts/ can be helpful (I have local copies available when working with docbook !) jmt On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:13:37 +0200 oa...@docbook-autor.de wrote: > Hi, > > as it seems there isn't an entity for a capital latin "Q" with a dot > above like . > > I'm wondering how to realise generic diacritical marks with DocBook > (besides using an inline image...). > > Using "Q" or "Q" result in "Q˙" or "˙Q". > > Any help would be appreciated. > > I'm using: > > DocBook 5.0 > DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.79.1 > fop2.1 > > Best regards > Michael > -- Jean-Marie Thomas http://www.dxdydz.net - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
