Take the tour ×  I'm trying to find the best way to put
circumflex accents ( ˆ = &circ;) on top of numbers (a musical
notation) without resorting to images. Certain letters have
equivalent HTML entities: ê = &ecirc;, Ô = &Ocirc;, etc., but
numbers don't.  Here is what I'm currently using on my website:
<span style="position:relative;">1    <span
style="position:absolute;   It looks pretty good, but not
perfect---because of slight differences in number shapes and
browser rendering, something is bound to be a little off.  Does
anyone have a more elegant solution for this?   The Combining
Circumflex Accent &#770; or &#x302; produces different results
on different browsers/platforms, most of which are not right (on
my Mac, only Safari does it right).  According to this, proper
display of a combining accent is dependent on both the font and
the renderer. I'm using Times New Roman, Times, so it doesn't
appear to be a workable option. I can't afford the hassle and
inevitable ignoring of requiring a user to have a p