>> I am trying to create some sort of tablature for Kalimba, treating >> it like a one-string instrument with fret-labels. I want to use >> letters like c, ċ, ċ̇ (or c𐽉), etc. I figured there are Unicode >> characters to do exactly that, "combining dot above" and "combining >> two dots above", etc. However, LilyPond does not seem to be able to >> render "combining two dots above", and two "combining dot above" >> characters (rendered correctly by my browser, as well as Emacs) >> result in the two dots to be rendered almost on top of each other in >> LilyPond. I have attached a rather minimal example. > > This is a pure font issue, not related to LilyPond at all or the used > rendering library (Pango). Your example works just fine with the > fonts 'Gentium Plus' or 'Charis SIL', for example. I've slightly > modified your snippet to show a possible solution.
Attached is an image that shows your example Charis SIL. Werner