Help needed to recreate a 1891 mark

Design
#1

Hello

I am out of my depth so have joined your forum in the hope that someone can solve my problem.
I am attempting to include in a book, an example of a First Nation language which was translated in 1891. It was never published and I am working from the hand written original manuscript.

My problem is that the work includes “marks” which were invented by the writer so I can’t reproduce them. Basically they are the lower case letters, a, e, and u with a combined accent on top. The “accent” is a breve sitting on top of a caret or circumflex if they are the correct terms. It looks like a cup sitting on top of an inverted “v”.

Of course, the type-face didn’t exist in 1891 so publication was impossible then but I hope with modern technology, it is now possible.

Thanks for reading my request.
Ian Fletcher

#2

This can be achieved with combing marks and mark attachment. See the tutorial for Mark Attachment for more details.

#3

If you want to reproduce the specimen or emulate it, please post a Font ID request at: http://typography.guru/forums/forum/43-font-identification/

You will need a scan suitable for posting. It is very likely you will find what you need that way.

#4

What he means is that you type two marks (a circumflex and a breve). Using mark positioning, they can be stacked on top of each other. If you need a slightly different shape to make it look better you add a glyph circumflexcomb_brevecomb that has both shapes – it is a accent ligature.

#5

Thank you all very much for your kind and prompt advice.
Ian Fletcher