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Re: Hooked o's and stuff.

From:Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>
Date:Sunday, October 5, 2008, 23:47
Den 5. okt. 2008 kl. 23.33 skreiv Herman Miller:

> All the characters are readable (or seem so at least) on my Windows > XP with Firefox 3.0.1. It may depend on which fonts you have > available and which version of Uniscribe is installed on your > Windows system (assuming that your browser uses Uniscribe to > display text). The acute accent on the hooked o is a little off, > but it's still visible.
All the browsers except MS Internet Explorer manage to show the accents. The main problem is that they're off. An oacute with added- on hook doesn't work either.
> You could include a list of suggested fonts (e.g. Aboriginal Serif, > Charis SIL, Gentium) in a style sheet for browsers that might not > default to a suitable font. I don't think there's much you can do > about the lack of mark positioning in early versions of Uniscribe, > except to look for a font that by chance has the combining marks in > a position that looks good.
Yes, possibly another font will fix something, thanks for the suggestion. Still, maybe SAMPA is the best way to go after all. LEF