I frequently need to use the overtie and the undertie (overtie is much preferred). As far as I know there are two of each in Unicode:
Overtie: hex 2040 or hex 361 Undertie: hex 203F or hex 35C These are also sometimes referred to as tie bars, generically. Unfortunately, the fonts must be created, the height of the undertie or overtie is fixed in the font. This creates a problem with characters that have an ascender or a descender because the tie bar smashes into the character. In proper typesetting it should sit just above or below the character. I thought I could get around this problem simply by using superscript or subscript and then set the distance manually to 100% font size and a certain percentage above/below the normal position. But when I do so, other parts of the word shift up or down on the baseline. Note that the tie bars are designed to be inserted between the characters they are tying together. I'm not sure how this will make it through e-mail, but let me try to illustrate. Suppose I want to type [d-tie bar-yogh]. The d has an ascender and the yogh has a descender, so neither the undertie nor the overtie will work without adjusting their position from the baseline. Since overties are preferred when possible, I will type: [d, then change to superscript, 100% font size, 20% higher, overtie (hex 2040 or hex 361), change back to normal, then yogh (hex 292), ] The [, d, yogh, and ] stay where they belong on the baseline after changing to superscript, but as soon as I enter the tie bar some or all of them will move down a little below the baseline. Logically this should not be happening. Superscripting a character should not change the position of any other characters with respect to the baseline. I first noticed this when entering characters in cells in a Writer table. Subsequent experimentation revealed that it also happens in normal text anywhere. This is OOo 3.01 on Intrepid, installed via the deb file from OOo. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
