Follow-up Comment #11, bug #57506 (project groff): Your utf8 example has the diacritical mark above the n. If I run it as a pdf using Tinos fonts the mark is above the a!
[derij@pip build (new-gropdf)]$ echo '\fIThis is Spin\[u0308]al Tap' | ./test-groff -Tpdf -fTINO -ms -P-e -Z x T pdf x res 72000 1 1 x init p1 x font 41 TINOI f41 s10000 V84000 H72000 md DFd tThis wh2500 tis wh2500 tSpin <- current xpos after the n Cu0308 <- special char - no move tal <- overprint a wh2500 tT H133570 tap n12000 0 V768000 H540000 n12000 0 x trailer V792000 x stop Contrast with:- [derij@pip build (new-gropdf)]$ echo '\fIThis is Spin\[u0308]al Tap' | ./test-groff -Tutf8 -fTINO -ms -P-e -Z x T utf8 x res 240 24 40 x init p1 x font 2 I f2 s10 V280 H0 md DFd tThis wh24 tis wh24 tSpin Cu0308 h24 tal wh24 tTap n40 0 V2560 H1560 n40 0 x trailer V2640 x stop I have never looked at grotty so I don't know what is going on. The "slant" value in the TI font comes from the ItalicAngle parameter in the corresponding .afm file, it documents the angle of lean which was used when the font was designed, changing it will have no effect. You can adjust the italic adjustment which groff uses by fiddling with the numbers in the TI font (see groff_font(7) for the details). (file #54903) _______________________________________________________ Additional Item Attachment: File name: SpinalTap.pdf Size:9 KB <https://file.savannah.gnu.org/file/SpinalTap.pdf?file_id=54903> _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57506> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/