I tried it with a modification of \overset
as suggested by Werner in this question: Creating non-math mode substitutes for \overset and \underset not dependent on the amsmath package
With the new command, I used \overset{$*$}{ı}
, but the asterisk is too high and increases the line height. How can I overset the asterisk as in a dotted i?
In German, there is an internal I for gender-neutral forms like “TeXnikerIn” TeXnician for “TeXnikerin” (female) or “TeXniker” (male). Then there is the suggestion to combine it with an asterisk (“TeXniker*In”) for genderqueer people. So my idea is to use a lowercase i with an asterisk instead of a dot as an agglutination.
Best Answer
Here's a “hand made i with asterisk”:
The
\check@mathfonts
instruction is needed to access the scriptscript size for the current font size.