How to use macron on website

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Hello there, I am trying to use macron for my website but it doesn't look like a real macron and look very strange. Suppose i want to write word 'Māori' but in some font style it doesn't appear so well. so if i write ma-ori and then use CSS to align '-' sign over 'a' to make a macron word. Does anyone think this should be possible?

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Posted 16-Sep-15 18:03pm

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Jim Meadors · Answer 1 · 2015-09-16T19:03:00

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I don't know about moving it over with CSS, I doubt it. but you might look into SVG as an alternative to getting the exact look you want.

Posted 16-Sep-15 19:03pm

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Krunal Rohit · Answer 2 · 2015-09-16T20:33:00

If you want to align only '-' sign over 'a'

<p class="macron">M<span class="mc-word">a<span>cron</p>

CSS

.macron{ font-size: 60px; }

.mc-word:before{
  display: block;
  content: '';
  height: 2px;
  width: 10px;
  background-color: #000;
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-top: -50px;
  margin-left: 60px;
}

And for all the macron word, you can use HTML codes. i.e Ā
See the complete list here[^] and W3C[^]

-KR