Edited by author 01-18-2008 06:54 PM
Happy New Year all (belatedly)!*

I have a quick question about the positioning of the small vertical line below (U+0329) in the "classical" usage (as opposed to the more commonly used dot under/subdot). Is it:
a) always contiguous with the base letter
b) usually contiguous with the base letter
c) sometimes contiguous, sometimes separate

It's a question relevant to any effort to (1) provide for positioning of the vertical line or (2) design a combined glyph. This is not a question about line vs. dot (I think that was pretty much resolved a while back) but on what the "correct" or "ideal" use of the line is, when it is used.

A separate question is whether any other languages in the region use (or have used) the line under and if so how they position it.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Don Osborn
Bisharat.net
PanAfriL10n.org

*It's International Year of Languages. See http://tinyurl.com/yofvdf