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When I load both lmodern and tipa, the first instance of an IPA symbol with a diacritic breaks. For example, this code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{tipa}

\begin{document}

\=\textschwa
\=\textepsilon
\'\textschwa
\'\textepsilon

\end{document}

produces this:

enter image description here

It's always the first character that's split, regardless of which diacritic and what body you use. E.g., if I change it to 

\=\textepsilon
\=\textschwa
\'\textschwa
\'\textepsilon

I getenter image description here,

and if I change it to

\'\textschwa
\'\textepsilon
\=\textepsilon
\=\textschwa

it produces enter image description here.

How do I change it so the first character gets its diacritic on top where it belongs?

Note that there is this question about lmodernand tipa, but it only tells us that they work fine together and don't produce problems (beyond some warnings.)

Alan Munn
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sgf
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  • As a workaround you can also put a schwa in a box that you don't render at the start, then this schwa receives the T3 warning and clears the way for the following diacritics, i.e., \newsavebox{\schwabox}\savebox{\schwabox}{\textschwa}%. But @egreg's answer below is more robust, of course. – Marijn Mar 13 '19 at 13:00

2 Answers2

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You are using tipa macros without being inside \textipa{} or the {IPA} environment which is not how they were designed to be used. To get your example to work properly you should simply wrap the examples in the correct environment.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{tipa}


\begin{document}

\begin{IPA}
\=\textschwa
\=\textepsilon
\'\textschwa
\'\textepsilon
\end{IPA}

\end{document}

enter image description here

Alan Munn
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You get warnings, don't you? Precisely

LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T3/lmr/m/n' undefined
(Font)              using `T3/cmr/m/n' instead
(Font)              for symbol `textschwa' on input line 8.

You avoid them (and the wrong accent), with \DeclareFontFamilySubstitution.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{tipa}

\DeclareFontFamilySubstitution{T3}{lmr}{cmr}


\begin{document}


=\textschwa
=\textepsilon
'\textschwa
'\textepsilon


\end{document}

enter image description here

Note: see edit history for a previous solution using the substitutefont package, now declared obsolete.

egreg
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  • In fact, I don't get any warnings. I'm using overleaf, with precisely what I have written. The only thing it's complaining about is: "BibTeX No data sources defined!" I'm still wondering why I don't get warnings about the font. – sgf Mar 13 '19 at 12:57
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    @sgf If you look at the Raw Log in Overleaf the warning is there. Overleaf hides this from you. Alternatively, just wrap the code in \begin{IPA}...end{IPA}. – Alan Munn Mar 13 '19 at 12:58