> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Philipp Reichmuth
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:35 AM
> What am I supposed do when I need a black a with a red
> macron?
Use a picture, just as you would for a letter "i" with a smiley face for a dot, or any other aberrant characters.
> Or for a less obscure example, an Arabic text with
> the letters correctly ligated, in black, and the vowel marks
> in another colour, such as in practically
> *any* printed edition of the Koran?
Wouldn't the better idea here be to use a font which had the vowels in a different color? This would make management of the source much easier, I think, although that would be a side issue. Are there situations where this would not work?
Thanks,
/|/|ike
