Diacritic /(?)/

Di·a·crit·ic

Diacritic

a.
  1. That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, ā, ă, ä, ō, ŏ, etc.
    A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer.