I am looking for a font to use in typing text for children that
includes the long and short vowel markings - a long line above the
vowel for long vowels (macron)
or a curved line opening upwards above the vowel to indicate short vowels (breve)
I can't find these marked vowels anywhere!! I am wondering what font
teachers or publishers of books teaching phonics use to get these?

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Request for Question Clarification by efn-ga on 13 Mar 2006 00:41 PST

What operating system and word-processing software do you use?

Hmm.  I learned to read partially by watching The Electric Company. 
They got along just fine without this silly convention.  I think the
marks could just very well confuse the kids.

It's not a special font.  In your word processing program go to Tools
> Insert > Symbol and select the one you want...