Manually constructing a dot under accent

Question

In my thesis I would like to have an n with the combining dot under diacritic, but unfortunately my font doesn't have that particular accent, I figured I could try to construct it ad hoc (since I just need it in a single place) from a plain n and a period. I tried various things, shifting the period down a few points and twiddling with hskips, but nothing really works.

Is there a way to do this that both looks decent as well as preserving my sanity?

As always it is a good idea to post a minimal example showing what exactly you have so far. Then it is a lot easier for others to guide you in the right direction. — daleif, Jan 09 '15 at 12:05
You should post a minimal compilable example. Doesn't \d n work? And \underdot n? — Manuel, Jan 09 '15 at 12:06
Is perhaps this question helping you? http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/20789/tex-accents-do-not-seem-to-work-with-fontspec-and-xe-lua-latex — egreg, Jan 09 '15 at 12:48
if you need it in math mode, see this question: How can I draw a dot under a symbol in math mode? — barbara beeton, Jan 09 '15 at 13:34
Yeah, this was a badly worded question, sorry. Thankfully, Heiko Oberdiek's constructed solution works. \d does not, at least not with XeLaTeX, since my font (Adobe Minion) doesn't have that accent (neither the precomposed character, nor the combining dot below). — arnsholt, Jan 09 '15 at 14:40

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '15 at 12:34

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Accent macro `\d`

The accent \d also works with OT1 encoding:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
  \d{n}
\end{document}

A constructed solution via `\ooalign`

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
  \ooalign{n\cr\hfil\raisebox{-.5ex}{.}\hfil}%
\end{document}

answered Jan 09 '15 at 12:34

Heiko Oberdiek

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Manually constructing a dot under accent

1 Answers1

Accent macro `\d`

A constructed solution via `\ooalign`

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Manually constructing a dot under accent

1 Answers1

Accent macro \d

A constructed solution via \ooalign

Linked

Accent macro `\d`

A constructed solution via `\ooalign`