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I am using the following MWE. First time with unicode-math, second time without it:

% arara: lualatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
%\usepackage{unicode-math}


\begin{document}
$\tilde\Box \hat\Box \bar\Box$

\end{document}

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Where does the difference come from? The kerning is clearly broken.

amssymb.sty 2013/01/14 v3.01 AMS font symbols

unicode-math.sty 2013/05/21 v0.7e Unicode mathematics support for XeTeX and LuaTeX

Edit

Barbara Beeton suggested to try the package latexsym instead of amssymb. This results in worse vertical positioning and the very same effect for I/O unicode-math:

% arara: lualatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{latexsym}
%\usepackage{unicode-math}


\begin{document}
$\tilde\Box \hat\Box \bar\Box$

\end{document}

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You shouldn't be using amssymb together with unicode-math. The \Box command can be substituted with the (not really clearly named) \mdlgwhtsquare command (for U+25A1 WHITE SQUARE).

% arara: lualatex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{unicode-math}

\renewcommand{\Box}{\mdlgwhtsquare}

\begin{document}
$\tilde{\Box} \hat{\Box} \bar{\Box}$
\end{document}

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egreg
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  • Thanks. I was hoping, not to get this answer, as it does not help me with my answer here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/175853 But as you say that both packages are incompatible, my main question is answered herewith. – LaRiFaRi May 08 '14 at 07:54