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At 01:50 20/05/2004, you wrote:
>Dear partners in crime,
>
>I mentioned this some time ago, can't find the answer right now...
>
>I need a \=i where the bar over the <i> is the width of the box. In 
>computer modern the bar over the <i> is much too large and looks ugly and 
>buts into other letters when used frequently. In good quality typesetting 
>the bar in the \=i is always smaller than for, say, \=a and \=u. (Of 
>course, ConTeXt already incorporates the \i in its def. of \=i and I don't 
>want to lose that feature;->)
>
>Also, Hoenig helped me make a complete old style computer modern virtual 
>font. Where can I upload this package (with all Context-related 
>typescripts) for people to look at and maybe improve?

did you try the latin modern fonts? they have many composed characters as 
well as more/better accents

Hans