[XeTeX] lacking precomposed character

[Barry MacKichan]

The Windows character map shows that character as the Cyrillic schwa. 
That's curious that there is a Cyrillic one and not a Latin one, even 
though they are presumably the same.

-Barry

Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:
> Ross Moore wrote:
>
>
>> BTW, my copy of Minion Pro doesn't even contain the schwa character.
>>
>> Version Version 2.015;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.7.9032
>> Location /Users/rossmoor/Library/Fonts/MinionPro-Regular.otf
>> Unique name 2.015;ADBE;MinionPro-Regular
>> Designer Robert Slimbach
>> Copyright � 2000, 2002, 2004 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights 
>> Reserved. U.S. Patent D371,799.
>>
>> You must have a later version.
>> Version information is not displayed at Adobe's shop.
>
> Hi Ross:
>
> My version is the same as yours ...
>
>
>
>
> A nd in the Mac "Character Palette" it doesn't show the schwa. But 
> open the font in FontForge, and you'll be able to find it and use 
> something like:
>
> \def\ə{\overstrike{\char"04D9}{¯}}
>
> and it should work.
>
>
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