Skip to main content
luchty
luchty
Participant
January 10, 2011
Question

Accents: Phonetic Symbol Special Character: ā, Ā

  • January 10, 2011
  • 2 replies
  • 7964 views

I am a book designer and we are doing a book with a lot of weird and special character's. I am very familiar with accents and different marks on letters, like these (é, î, å á etc.). However, I cannot get this one to work. We are using the font: Bembo for the entire document and I need the:
ā
Ā
Currently I have it "rigged" in the sentences using leading and kerning, but this will be a nightmare for ebooks etc. The glyph seems like it doesn't exist for this character and font.
Can somebody help with a suggestion?
Thanks, T—

    2 replies

    J
    Jhon Will Jurado Montaldo
    Participant
    April 27, 2025

    For Microsoft Word, I use Pelphon Pel. I didn't find anything for Photoshop. I teach pronunciation and I need all the graphemes/phonemes. 😞

    MiguelSousa
    Community Manager
    MiguelSousaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 11, 2011

    Hi,

    I'm going to assume that you're using Bembo Std. If that's the case, then you're correct in thinking that the ā Ā characters do not exist in the font. These particular characters are only supported in font families with the suffix Pro, such as Minion Pro.

    To solve the problem you may have to use a similar or different design that supports the needed characters (e.g. Aldine 401 from Paratype), or, assuming that the font was licensed directly from Adobe, modify the font file to add the needed characters.

    Hope this helps.

    Tai_Lao
    Tai_Lao
    Inspiring
    January 13, 2011

    Miguel_Sousa wrote:

    Hi,

    I'm going to assume that you're using Bembo Std. If that's the case, then you're correct in thinking that the ā Ā characters do not exist in the font. These particular characters are only supported in font families with the suffix Pro, such as Minion Pro.

    Whoa!  

    This comes as a complete shock to me, Miguel!

    When did this happen?  Both as the resident Adobe type expert and Portuguese speaker, you must be really rankled by this. 

    The Monotype version of Bembo I own does have those characters:

    What's more, I see a bunch of Adobe standard-type (i.e. not Pro) fonts that do have those characters too.  I had no idea any Adobe font lacked those. 

    What other Adobe fonts lack them?  More importantly, why?  

    ____________

    Wo Tai Lao Le

    我太老了

    luchty
    luchtyAuthor
    Participant
    January 13, 2011

    Well I hate to break it to ya Tai, those symbols above the a aren't the ones I was looking for. I was NEEDING the straight ā NOT the ã. That's just the option key+plus the character on a mac. Example: ñ, õ etc. it's all about the straightness. Miguels suggestion is pretty "solid" so far. Sorry Tai, T—

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices