Hello The more language-specific elegant solution has I think been provided by Zdenek Wagner, but if it's ever desired to superimpose glyphs that don't naturally coalesce, I use the following (in plain XeTeX but it should work in LaTeX too):
\def\overstrike#1#2{\leavevmode \setbox0=\hbox{#1}\setbox1=\hbox{#2}\copy0 \kern -0.5\wd0 \kern -0.5\wd1 \copy1 \kern -0.5\wd1 \kern 0.5\wd0} Then just (e.g.): \overstrike{b}{p} (which would get a rather ham-fisted pseudo-thorn - exactly what I used to do in the age of manual typewriters). The two arguments can be quite elaborate - the glyphs could come from different fonts, one or both could be raised or lowered, and nesting is possible, so e.g.: \overstrike{\overstrike{b}{p}}{\raise 0.25em \hbox{ˆ}} should yield the pseudo-thorn with a raised circumflex accent above. If the same combination were needed repeatedly, it could be given a name, e.g. \def\oddthorn{\overstrike{\overstrike{b}{p}}{\raise 0.25em \hbox{ˆ}}} So ' oþer' with a high circumflex (if for some reason you had to use a font with no thorn) would be: o{\oddthorn}er Not exactly beautiful, but it's surprising how often it's come to my rescue over the years (much less so since Unicode kicked in, of course). Best John Waś *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 21:39, François Patte < francois.pa...@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote: > Bonjour, > > I would like to combine glyphs using xelatex : the glyphs are: U+0947 > and U+093D if I write \symbol{"0947}\symbol{"093D}, I get the two glyphs > side by side, the first one with a dotted circle below. > > What I want is the first one combined with the second one ie. the first > one above the second one. > > How can I get this result? > > Thank you. > > -- > François Patte > UFR de mathématiques et informatique > Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 > Université Paris Descartes > 45, rue des Saints Pères > F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 > Tél. +33 (0)6 7892 5822 > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte > FSF > > https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/presenting-shoetool-happy-holidays-from-the-fsf >