Recent changes to 58: Inconsistent dot above (ḃṗ vs. ḋ)

#58 Inconsistent dot above (ḃṗ vs. ḋ)

Peter Baker — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:24:25 -0000

Probably I was looking at different fonts handling it in different ways. I'll put this on my to-do list.

#58 Inconsistent dot above (ḃṗ vs. ḋ)

Kasper Sundström — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:33:49 -0000

I can confirm there does seem to be an inconsistency here between ḃ, ḋ, ḣ, and k̇.

Inconsistent dot above (ḃṗ vs. ḋ)

Seán Ó Séaghdha — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:42:24 -0000

In Junicode ḋ U1E0B (Latin small letter D with dot above) has its dot above the stem, but both bḃ and pṗ have the dot above the bowl. This is the most usual position when used for Irish (although most Irish-specific typefaces use the insular d which has no vertical stem).

Is there a particular reason why it’s above the stem or could it be changed? It looks very odd in Irish or Old Irish text.