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  1. Grave Accent

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    | Acute Accent (diacritic)/) ($\acute{a}$) | $42.5^\circ$ (Ascending) | Ascending | $2.1$ units |
    | Grave Accent ($\grave{a}$) | $315^\circ$ (Descending) | Descending | $2.4$ units |
    | Tilde (diacritic)/) ($\text{~}a$) | N/A (Curvature) | Oscillating | $1.9$ units |
    The seemingly higher offset value ($2.4$ vs $2.1$ for acute) for the grave accent is attributed to the visual weight paradox: the downward slope requires a slightly greater vertic…