diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/FarmerMacTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/FarmerMacTests.cs
index 67c3247a..01fc3a18 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/FarmerMacTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/FarmerMacTests.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,5 @@
                 Assert.Contains("financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017 and (2) a conference call to discuss those results and Farmer Mac", page.Text);
             }
         }
-
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/Math119FakingDataTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/Math119FakingDataTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9055c9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/Math119FakingDataTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests.Integration;
+
+using Xunit;
+
+public class Math119FakingDataTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void CombinesDiaeresisForWords()
+    {
+        using var document = PdfDocument.Open(IntegrationHelpers.GetDocumentPath("Math119FakingData.pdf"));
+
+        var lastPage = document.GetPage(8);
+
+        var words = lastPage.GetWords();
+
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Graphics/ContentStreamProcessor.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Graphics/ContentStreamProcessor.cs
index 95ee0495..52760142 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Graphics/ContentStreamProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Graphics/ContentStreamProcessor.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     using Tokenization.Scanner;
     using Tokens;
     using Operations.TextPositioning;
+    using Util;
     using XObjects;
     using static PdfPig.Core.PdfSubpath;
 
@@ -293,15 +294,58 @@
                     ? currentState.CurrentNonStrokingColor
                     : currentState.CurrentStrokingColor;
 
-                var letter = new Letter(unicode, transformedGlyphBounds,
-                    transformedPdfBounds.BottomLeft,
-                    transformedPdfBounds.BottomRight,
-                    transformedPdfBounds.Width,
-                    fontSize,
-                    font.Details,
-                    color,
-                    pointSize,
-                    textSequence);
+                Letter letter = null;
+                if (Diacritics.IsInCombiningDiacriticRange(unicode) && bytes.CurrentOffset > 0 && letters.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    var attachTo = letters[letters.Count - 1];
+
+                    if (attachTo.TextSequence == textSequence
+                        && Diacritics.TryCombineDiacriticWithPreviousLetter(unicode, attachTo.Value, out var newLetter))
+                    {
+                        // TODO: union of bounding boxes.
+                        letters.Remove(attachTo);
+
+                        letter = new Letter(
+                            newLetter,
+                            attachTo.GlyphRectangle,
+                            attachTo.StartBaseLine,
+                            attachTo.EndBaseLine,
+                            attachTo.Width,
+                            attachTo.FontSize,
+                            attachTo.Font,
+                            attachTo.Color,
+                            attachTo.PointSize,
+                            attachTo.TextSequence);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        letter = new Letter(
+                            unicode,
+                            transformedGlyphBounds,
+                            transformedPdfBounds.BottomLeft,
+                            transformedPdfBounds.BottomRight,
+                            transformedPdfBounds.Width,
+                            fontSize,
+                            font.Details,
+                            color,
+                            pointSize,
+                            textSequence);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    letter = new Letter(
+                        unicode,
+                        transformedGlyphBounds,
+                        transformedPdfBounds.BottomLeft,
+                        transformedPdfBounds.BottomRight,
+                        transformedPdfBounds.Width,
+                        fontSize,
+                        font.Details,
+                        color,
+                        pointSize,
+                        textSequence);
+                }
 
                 letters.Add(letter);
 
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Util/Diacritics.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Util/Diacritics.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f171ea04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Util/Diacritics.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Util
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Globalization;
+
+    internal static class Diacritics
+    {
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> NonCombiningDiacritics = new HashSet<string>
+        {
+            "´",
+            "^",
+            "ˆ",
+            "¨",
+            "©",
+            "™",
+            "®",
+            "`",
+            "˜",
+            "∼",
+            "¸"
+        };
+
+        public static bool IsPotentialStandaloneDiacritic(string value) => NonCombiningDiacritics.Contains(value);
+
+        public static bool IsInCombiningDiacriticRange(string value)
+        {
+            if (value.Length != 1)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var intVal = (int)value[0];
+
+            if (intVal >= 768 && intVal <= 879)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public static bool TryCombineDiacriticWithPreviousLetter(string diacritic, string previous, out string result)
+        {
+            result = null;
+
+            if (previous == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            result = previous + diacritic;
+
+            // On combining the length should remain equal.
+            var beforeCombination = MeasureDiacriticAwareLength(previous);
+            var afterCombination = MeasureDiacriticAwareLength(result);
+
+            return beforeCombination == afterCombination;
+        }
+
+        private static int MeasureDiacriticAwareLength(string input)
+        {
+            var length = 0;
+
+            var enumerator = StringInfo.GetTextElementEnumerator(input);
+            while (enumerator.MoveNext())
+            {
+                var grapheme = enumerator.GetTextElement();
+                length++;
+            }
+
+            return length;
+        }
+    }
+}