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Request for Pe̍h-ōe-jī & Taiwanese Hokkien Romanization Solution

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Locate the font source files and build entry points for the five Monaspace typefaces, then inspect how existing accented glyphs and combining marks are represented. Add the listed Unicode characters and combinations across all five typefaces, and verify that the requested forms render correctly after the font build.

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Hi, I'd like to request the addition of letters and combinations in Native Language Extra Word List (《本土語言外字表》) to all five Monaspace typefaces. Thank you very much in advance for your consideration.

For Hokkien and Hakka, known as dialects of China, the resource on Native Language Extra Word List (《本土語言外字表》) lists required letters and combinations for two transliteration Latin scripts: Pe̍h-ōe-jī (a.k.a. 白話字) and Taiwanese Hokkien Romanization Solution (a.k.a. Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí Lô-má-jī Phing-im Hong-àn, 臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案) for representing sounds in Hokkien and Hakka similar to hanyu pinyin for Mandarin Chinese.

Letters missing in current version are below:

Character Unicode
Ǎ U+01CD
ǎ U+01CE
Ǐ U+01CF
ǐ U+01D0
Ǒ U+01D1
ǒ U+01D2
Ǔ U+01D3
ǔ U+01D4
U+1E3E
ḿ U+1E3F
Ǹ U+01F8
ǹ U+01F9
Ɨ U+0197
Ʉ U+0244
U+1E5E
U+1E5F

Required combination marks are below:
U+2303
͘U+0358
ˊU+02CA
ˋU+02CB
̍U+030D

Combinations that's required in the solution are below:

Combinations Unicode of each character
U+41 U+030D
U+61 U+030D
U+41 U+030B
U+61 U+030B
U+45 U+030D
U+65 U+030D
U+45 U+030B
U+65 U+030B
U+49 U+030D
U+69 U+030D
U+49 U+030B
U+69 U+030B
U+4D U+0300
U+6D U+0300
U+4D U+0302
U+6D U+0302
U+4D U+030C
U+6D U+030C
U+4D U+0304
U+6D U+0304
U+4D U+030D
U+6D U+030D
U+4D U+030B
U+6D U+030B
U+4D U+0306
U+6D U+0306
U+4E U+0302
U+6E U+0302
U+4E U+0304
U+6E U+0304
U+4E U+030D
U+6E U+030D
U+4E U+030B
U+6E U+030B
U+4E U+0306
U+6E U+0306
U+4F U+0358
U+6F U+0358
Ó͘ U+D3 U+0358
ó͘ U+F3 U+0358
Ò͘ U+D2 U+0358
ò͘ U+F2 U+0358
Ô͘ U+D4 U+0358
ô͘ U+F4 U+0358
Ǒ͘ U+01D1 U+0358
ǒ͘ U+01D2 U+0358
Ō͘ U+014C U+0358
ō͘ U+014D U+0358
O̍͘ U+4F U+030D U+0358
o̍͘ U+6F U+030D U+0358
U+4F U+030D
U+6F U+030D
Ő͘ U+4F U+030B U+0358
ő͘ U+6F U+030B U+0358
Ŏ͘ U+014E U+0358
ŏ͘ U+014F U+0358
U+55 U+030D
U+75 U+030D
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