[XeTeX] XeTeX and diacritics

[Jonathan Kew]

On 24 Mar 2008, at 4:03 pm, Daniel Stender wrote:

>> I've just installed Charis SIL (Debian Lenny: ttf-sil-charis  
>> 4.102-1) and I've
>> got strange double words. Please check the attached pdf, in the  
>> German translation
>> of the text in \footnotesize italics within braces there is always  
>> a "a-a-b-"
>> doubling instead of an "a-b-" which has been originally typed  
>> (apūrva-apūrva-matra- etc. etc.)!
>
> Sorry have been mistaken in describing the problem ... it's the  
> same problem with other fonts, too.

I'm guessing this is a macro problem at some level, rather than  
anything specifically related to fonts. In order to figure out what's  
wrong, I think we'd need to see a minimal sample file that  
demonstrates the issue.

JK