Doug Ewell scripsit:

> Actually, the Sütterlin umlaut-mark is a small italicized "e," which is
> very similar to an "n."  What it really ends up looking like, from a
> distance, is a double acute.

Oops, yes.  Brain fart.

> Sütterlin does use a macron over "m" and "n" to indicate that the letter
> should be doubled,

This I think is a true COMBINING MACRON.

> and it uses a breve over "u" to differentiate it from
> the otherwise identical "n."

Part of the "u" glyph.

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