” The vertical position is, in this case, determined by the font designer. “

good point … about the diacritic actually being part of the font, and not part of adobe's cs.

also, think i finally understand about the kerning aspect … simply type the specific diacritic (accent/cedilla) after the parent character … kern the accent all the say to the left, until it is positioned above the character … it will also retain it's flow.

thanks.