On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:33:42 -0800 Came this utterance formulated by John Jason Jordan to my mailbox:
> >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? > I know of no program that has that font control. Perhaps you could raise it on the unicode list? A topic there can look like this: http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2006-m06/0226.html -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
