Questions tagged [macron]

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Scots-Irish American surnames: How to achieve aesthetically appealing raised-c with macron (Mc)?

My last name is McAnulty. There are a variety of pronunciations such as Mick-Uh-Nulty, Mick-Nulty, and Mack-Uh-Nulty, which is how I was raised to pronounce it. The family pronunciation and mumbles of something about Scots-Irish as opposed to the…
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Joining two vowels with macrons into one without a break in line

I'd like to have two vowels with macrons where the line is continuous over both. That is, in the test example below, for the macron over the o and i to be unbroken. I've tried doing it with overline, but I ran into trouble making it match the other…
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