Sorry, I was a bit confused. But actually I need to see both the "before and after" canonical ordering so I know both how to write the font and handle the conversion, Thanks for the help.
Joan > >shin < hataf < dagesh < regular meteg < shindot < > >-where do I put the ZWNJ or the CGJ to get a left meteg on hataf? How about: ���shin < regular meteg < CGJ < hataf < dagesh < shindot The CGJ prevents the reordering of the meteg around the hataf and dagesh, and the sequence <meteg, CGJ, hataf> gives the font a separate sequence to ligate, distinguishing it from <hataf, dagesh, meteg> above. Remember the whole rationale for introducing CGJ's in the first place is to make it possible to distinguish sequences, so they don't both end up the same when canonically reordered. It isn't necessary to attack the problem by taking the canonically reordered final sequence and then looking for a place to insert CGJ in *that* already reordered string. --Ken
