Reply To: Can Two Fonts (hieroglyphs) Be Stacked On The Same Line In An ePUB?

When I need to use alphabetic typefaces that do not include some essential diacritics I must fake them. For example, I’ve made r-dot-above (U+1E59) by inserting a period after the r, raising it a few points, and then adjusting the tracking for the r to bring the dot over. That works okay for PDF, but I haven’t tried to see whether it would survive into e-pub. (For searchability I prefer to make U+1E59 in a custom version of the font).

If you stick with combined outlines, you might try saving the vector artwork and then converting it to SVG format, which Epub3 is supposed to be able to use. Obviouslly the new symbol is not searchable text but depending on the SVG version it could hold XMP metadata — description, keywords, etc. — that your readers might find useful.

Good luck!

David