Overlapping unicode characters?

[djw_lists at pacbell.net (Dan Wood)]

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This *is* a development question...  I'm trying to figure out 
how to build up Unicode Strings that are characters with special 
marks overprinted/overlapping.  I think that there are some ways 
to overlap any two arbitrary unicode characters, but I have no 
idea how to actually go about doing it.


For example, I'm trying to create a string that appears as a 
lowercase letter with a bar or a curve over it, assuming I can 
find appropriate unicode glyphs for the overprinting characters.

(Alternative, does anybody have any overall insight to 
programatically combining glyphs into new glyphs and temporarily 
assigning them Unicode values so that I can have them display in 
my textfield?)

Dan

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This *is* a development question...  I'm trying to figure out how to
build up Unicode Strings that are characters with special marks
overprinted/overlapping.  I think that there are some ways to overlap
any two arbitrary unicode characters, but I have no idea how to
actually go about doing it.



For example, I'm trying to create a string that appears as a lowercase
letter with a bar or a curve over it, assuming I can find appropriate
unicode glyphs for the overprinting characters.


(Alternative, does anybody have any overall insight to programatically
combining glyphs into new glyphs and temporarily assigning them
Unicode values so that I can have them display in my textfield?)


Dan

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