is an option for UnderscriptBox and related boxes that specifies how close diacritical characters are drawn to the base character.


DiacriticalPositioning
is an option for UnderscriptBox and related boxes that specifies how close diacritical characters are drawn to the base character.
Details

- With the default setting DiacriticalPositioning->Automatic, a selected set of characters that are normally used as diacritical marks are by default drawn close to the base character. All other characters are drawn at a greater separation from the base character.
- With the setting DiacriticalPositioning->True, characters that occur, for example, in an underscript position are drawn relatively close to the base character.
- With the setting DiacriticalPositioning->False, characters are drawn at a greater separation from the base character.
- For a selected box object, DiacriticalPositioning is set as an option for the box object, and applies only to the selection.
- At the cell level, DiacriticalPositioning is set, for example, as a suboption of the UnderscriptBoxOptions option for cells. It specifies the default setting of DiacriticalPositioning for any UnderscriptBox object in the cell.
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), DiacriticalPositioning, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiacriticalPositioning.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "DiacriticalPositioning." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiacriticalPositioning.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). DiacriticalPositioning. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiacriticalPositioning.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_diacriticalpositioning, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DiacriticalPositioning}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiacriticalPositioning.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_diacriticalpositioning, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DiacriticalPositioning}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiacriticalPositioning.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-August-2025]}