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I need to type a regular lowercase i and a barred-i with a tilde above the i's dot, like these:

sample with tildes above dots

When I do this in Word (using v 16.16.11 for Mac), when it combines the accent mark with the letter 'i', it replaces the i's dot with the accent mark, thus:

sample with tildes replacing dots

The combined unicode character for regular i is U+0129. I have typed these using the character viewer. I have the phonetic alphabet and IPA fonts installed. The combining tilde is U+0303, barred i is U+0268.

(I know my desired result looks terrible, but I am writing about a language in which lower case i and small-caps ɪ are both used, and it is crucial to distinguish between them. The dotless versions look too close to a small caps ɪ.)

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    Do you have the Word auto-correct options disabled? It might be converting to a target language based on your Word configuration. My pretty much out-of-the-box Word recognizes Alt+0303 on Windows as your expected output.
    – spikey_richie
    Jun 25, 2019 at 18:07
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    Have you confirmed these characters exist in any character set?
    – cybernetic.nomad
    Jun 25, 2019 at 18:34
  • Auto-correct is disabled. Diacritics just seem to behave differently on Windows & Mac. For me, all the fonts noted in the comments behave the same (replaces dot).
    – largercat
    Jun 26, 2019 at 21:09

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Try this:

  • Letter i

  • U+0307 Combining Dot Above

  • U+0303 Combining Tilde

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  • what about barred I U+0268, I guess he'd use the combining dot above (U307), followed by U+303(combining tilda)?
    – barlop
    Jun 26, 2019 at 22:47

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