theta hat symbol

[Yehuda N. Falk]

> I've looked through all the font lists I have and can't find a 'theta hat' 
> symbol.  Does anyone have one I could cut-and-paste?

Here are two thoughts:

1) Assuming your wordprocessor comes bundled with an "equation editor" 
(such as Design Science's MathType, a version of which is usually 
bundled with WordPerfect and Word, or OpenOffice's built-in equation 
editor), you can create the theta-hat in the equation editor.

2) If you have a font with a high circumflex that you can superimpose on 
the theta, that will work even better. The old (pre-Unicode) SIL fonts 
(like SILDoulous IPA93)have such a character. (This doesn't work with 
the more modern Unicode fonts because they are supposed to use 
smart-font features like OpenType to get the vertical positioning 
right.) Personally, I use WordPerfect and a font editor; I have used the 
font editor to redefine one of WordPerfect's built-in characters as a 
high circumflex, and then used the overstrike feature to superimpose 
that on a theta.


Hope this helps.

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                            Yehuda N. Falk
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