>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.
No response, so sending again. Can someone at least confirm that this is a bug? Or that it is something on my computer and not a bug? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
