2009/3/3 John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>: > 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. >
It would change the line spacing, to make room for the superscripted character. > 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. > Please file a bug at OOo on this. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
