1.4.3 Diacritics

Diacritical marks (or diacritics) are added to a character to show pronunciation. For example, in French, an accent is a diacritical mark above a vowel which alters the stress of the vowel: à á è é.

In Hebrew, diacritical marks represent vowel sounds and appear above, below, or inside characters . Typically, however, words are written without diacritics and vowel sounds are determined from the context.

In Arabic, diacritical marks can appear above (single or double diacritic) or below (single diacritic) any character. In the Arabic language engine, diacritics are entered as separate keystrokes and occupy the same cell as their associated character.

In Thai, diacritical marks appear above or below the base line containing consonants, vowels, symbols, and numbers. In the Thai language engine, diacritics are entered as separate keystrokes and occupy the same cell as their associated character.