I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter s?

[amira]

I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I
create such new symbols?

Thank you!!

 

[Cooz]

Hi amira,

Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you.
An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which you
can combine characters.
For example:
Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 }
places . under Z.

Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot and
assign them to key-combinations.

Good luck,
Cooz

 

[Jezebel]

The Cardo font (free download from the medieval typography crowd) has them.
Or you can use an EQ field to superimpose any two characters: {EQ \o (t,.) }
You'll need to lower the dot or raise the letter, or both, (Format > Font >
Character position) to make it work. Have created the field, set it up as a
AutoText so you can use it repeatedly.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The characters you want are present in Arial Unicode as 1E0D (d), 1E63 (s),
1E6D (t), and 1E93 (z). Uppercase versions are also available. If you don't
want to use a different font, you can create these characters by combining
the letter with a period (full stop) or "middle dot" (00B7) using the EQ \o
field (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm). There is a
"combining dot below" in "(normal text)" at 0323, but it is very small and
doesn't seem to center very well.

 

[amira]

Hi Cooz,

Thanks so much for your response. I tried what you suggested but when the
letters appears with the dot, it says "ADVANCE" after the letter in the text.
How can I get rid of the "ADVANCE" and just have the letter?

Thank you very much.
I appreciate your help.
Amira

 

[Jezebel]

You need to used fields (ctrl-F9) not curly brackets entered from the
keyboard.