# Incorrect normalisation process

**URL:** <https://forum.high-logic.com/t/incorrect-normalisation-process/8590>\
**Category:** FontCreator - Bug Reports\
**Created:** [April 9, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/incorrect-normalisation-process/8590 "2025-04-09T14:12:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NFSL2001](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/nfsl2001/32/9380_2.png) [@NFSL2001](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/NFSL2001)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/incorrect-normalisation-process/8590/1 "2025-04-09T14:12:25Z")

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Given the input string "Ê̄ Ế Ê̌ Ề ê̄ ế ê̌ ề ", FontCreator preview incorrectly swaps the two marks above Ê̄ and Ê̌.These have different meanings in Chinese, and Unicode has specified that ordering of marks in the same group should be treated as ordered and could not be swapped.

Quote from [https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/:](https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/:)

Multiple combining characters are combined with the base character.

g E-macron-grave E + macron + grave E-macron-grave  
h E-macron + grave E + macron + grave E-macron-grav

Characters will not be combined if they would not be canonical equivalents because of their ordering.  
i E-grave + macron E + grave + macron E-grave + macron

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**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/incorrect-normalisation-process/8590/2 "2025-04-14T09:03:06Z")

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Thank you for your detailed explanation. We will make sure this issue is fixed with the next upcoming update.

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**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/incorrect-normalisation-process/8590/3 "2025-04-14T11:01:45Z")

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We have just released an unofficial update that solves the problem:

[https://www.high-logic.com/tmp/fontcreator/FontCreatorSetup15.0.0.3019-x64.exe](https://www.high-logic.com/tmp/fontcreator/FontCreatorSetup15.0.0.3019-x64.exe)

Let us know your results.