It is probably a really bad idea to have the base letter in one span and the combining mark in another. That is very likely to throw a monkey wrench into whatever you are trying, on most text layout systems.
âMark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Mercier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 08:55 Subject: Re: sign for anti-neutrino - greek nu with diacritical line aboveworkaround ? > Peter Jacobi: > >Testing with Mozilla 1.7, ν̄ displays a fine Anti-Neutrino > sign. > So you say, but the following works in IE6, and Opera, but not in Mozilla > 1.7. What is the problem ? > > <html > <head> > <title>"nu.htm"</title> > </head> > <body > > <span lang=EN-GB >ν</span><span lang=EN-GB > style='font-family:Cardo'>̄</span> > </body> > </html> > > In Mozilla only the nu shows. > > And if I change > <span lang=EN-GB >ν</span><span lang=EN-GB > style='font-family:Cardo'>̄</span> > to > <span lang=EN-GB >ν</span> > <span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Cardo'>̄</span> > > then in IE6 the macron is shifted to the right. > What is going on ? > Raymond Mercier > > >
