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In Unicode, is these a way to superimpose a character over another?

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00:00 In Unicode, Is These A Way To Superimpose A Character Over Another?
00:37 Answer 1 Score 2
01:01 Accepted Answer Score 3
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 3


No, there is not.

As the Wikipedia page points out, there are a variety of combining characters but this isn’t what you’re looking for. Combining characters always define a visible glyph (or none in some cases) which is superimposed upon the preceding character(s).

You could possibly achieve a lot with the characters and combining characters that exist, but Unicode generally isn’t about layout which sounds more like what you want to achieve.



ANSWER 2

Score 2


This is possible using HTML and CSS.

play symbols with html and css

The left and right characters don't exist in Unicode table. (I couldn't find them).

So I created them using following HTML code:

<span>
    <span style="position:relative; right:-12px; top:-2px;">&#x2503;</span>
    &#x2BC7;
</span>
<span>&#x2BC7;</span>
<span>&#x2BC8;</span>
<span>
    &#x2BC8;
    <span style="position:relative; left:-12px; top:-2px;">&#x2503;</span>
</span>