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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But it is possible that that unicode block might not work with an eInk Reader. Fior that matter, most reading programs/apps as well might not work.
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Indeed. I have no clue how that block works on e-ink devices (never tried it)... and if many programs on the PC can't handle them properly (especially more obscure symbols like IPA accents)... I doubt many readers would either.
Can't say I ever ran across an ebook using them though.
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Originally Posted by Toxaris
What is wrong with just using <sub> and <sup>?
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I believe pluma meant having the letters DIRECTLY above/below the characters (over/underscript)... slightly different than a normal super/subscript.
But maybe I made a wrong assumption about his intentions.
If pluma could explain some more of his specific use-case, that might also help. Are you working on some sort of Mathematics book? Linguistics? An old Bible? I can't really think of many other uses for over/underscripts. Do you already have a completed source document that is using all the Unicode diacritics?
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Originally Posted by Doitsu
@pluma: Since you indicated an interest in epub3 books, you might be able to use MathML.
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Indeed. If you were going for EPUB3, it would probably be more robust doing the overscript using MathML:
Code:
<mrow>
<mover>
<mi> x </mi>
<mo> e </mo>
</mover>
</mrow>
That would get you an italic 'x' with a roman 'e' directly above it.
The relevant MathML would use
<munder> (underscript) +
<mover> (overscript) +
<munderover> (under/overscript):
https://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/chapte...l#presm.munder