How to use combining tilde character with Illustrator?

[Resodexo]

Hi! I want to use this character in a design: g̃. It's actually made of two code points: One for the g (U+0067) and one for the combining tilde (U+0303). All other apps (From MS, Google, and even free ones like Inkscape) I've tried support these “combining characters”, but I can't find how to make it work in any Adoble app. I've already tried with many fonts, and nothing works. Is there a setting somewhere that will allow Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign have a setting to allow this character? It works literally everywhere else I've tried, so it almost feels like a bug. BTW, I didn’t make this character up. It's actually used by the Guaraní language, a language with millions of speakers that even has its very own Duolingo course for Spanish speakers. You can copy-paste it from here:

g̃

[jane-e]

Hi @Resodexo 

It's not listed in the Alt Codes for "G". If you don't have too many, then you can:

• Select the tilde and give it a baseline shift
• Click an insertion point between the g and ~ and kern 

The amounts depend on the typesize. It may be available in specific typefaces that support Guaraní.

~ Jane

Accented Letter	Accented Letter Alt Code	Accented Letter Name & Description	Unicode Code Point	HTML Entity HEX	HTML Entity DEC	HTML Entity Named
ǵ	ALT 501	Latin small letter g with acute	U+01F5	ǵ	ǵ
Ǵ	ALT 500	Latin capital letter G with acute	U+01F4	Ǵ	Ǵ
ġ	ALT 289	Latin small letter g with dot above	U+0121	ġ	ġ	ġ
Ġ	ALT 288	Latin capital letter G with dot above	U+0120	Ġ	Ġ	Ġ
ĝ	ALT 285	Latin small letter g with circumflex	U+011D	ĝ	ĝ	ĝ
Ĝ	ALT 284	Latin capital letter G with circumflex	U+011C	Ĝ	Ĝ	Ĝ
ǧ	ALT 487	Latin small letter g with caron (háček, mäkčeň, strešica, kljukica, kvaka, kvačica, paukščiukas, varnelė, katus, hattu, ičášleče)	U+01E7	ǧ	ǧ
Ǧ	ALT 486	Latin capital letter G with caron (háček, mäkčeň, strešica, kljukica, kvaka, kvačica, paukščiukas, varnelė, katus, hattu, ičášleče)	U+01E6	Ǧ	Ǧ
ğ	ALT 287	Latin small letter g with breve	U+011F	ğ	ğ	ğ
Ğ	ALT 286	Latin capital letter G with breve	U+011E	Ğ	Ğ	Ğ
ḡ	ALT 7713	Latin small letter g with macron	U+1E21	ḡ	ḡ
Ḡ	ALT 7712	Latin capital letter G with macron	U+1E20	Ḡ	Ḡ
ģ	ALT 291	Latin small letter g with cedilla (cédille, cedilhado, cedilha)	U+0123	ģ	ģ
Ģ	ALT 290	Latin capital letter G with cedilla (cédille, cedilhado, cedilha)	U+0122	Ģ	Ģ	Ģ
ǥ	ALT 485	Latin small letter g with stroke (bar)	U+01E5	ǥ	ǥ
Ǥ	ALT 484	Latin capital letter G with stroke (bar)	U+01E4	Ǥ	Ǥ
ɠ	ALT 608	Latin small letter g with hook	U+0260	ɠ	ɠ
Ɠ	ALT 403	Latin capital letter G with hook	U+0193	Ɠ	Ɠ

[Resodexo]

Thanks! This does seem like a bug, tho. Every other software can display this character if you copy-paste it.

[jane-e]

You're welcome, @Resodexo . I could even copy and paste your g̃ into the forum window and format it, but it failed when I pasted into Illustrator yesterday.

One thing I have seen over the years is that some software displays fonts that you do not have in your system, which gets you into trouble when you go to press. Adobe applications do not do that, as they are geared toward professionals who will be doing high-end printing (which is not to say they can't be used by all.) You have to have the font with the correct glyph.

If you can find a typeface that supports Guaraní, then it will most likely have the g̃ glyph. Before the days of OpenType, I used to do the baseline shift and kerning a lot more than I do now!

~ Jane