[XeTeX] Diacritics

Fr. Michael Gilmary FrMichaelGilmary at MaroniteMonks.org
Mon May 3 23:43:18 CEST 2010


José Carlos Santos wrote:



> I repeat: if I compile this file:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{xltxtra}
> \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{DTLUnicoST}
> \begin{document}
> ń
> \end{document}
>
> I get nothing. 



Hi José:

Try this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{DTLUnicoST}
%\setmainfont{Times New Roman}



\def\overstrike#1#2{\leavevmode
   \setbox0=\hbox{#1}\setbox1=\hbox{#2}\copy0
   \kern -0.5\wd0 \kern -0.5\wd1 \copy1 \kern -0.5\wd1 \kern 0.5\wd0}



\begin{document}
ń

\overstrike{n}{\char"00B4}

\end{document}



The definition of \overstrike can be modified to suit your needs. The 
\char"00B4 is the acute accent as Unicode has it. If your font has it 
differently (i.e., not a Unicode point) I don't think this will work. I 
tried Times New Roman because on this machine, it doesn't have the 
accented n --- and it worked here.

If your font isn't Unicode compliant, maybe try to use another font, if 
you can.

HTH.


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