Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
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A
proposal for subranges within the Private Use Area
of Unicode:
Subrange 9. Precomposed abbreviated characters: E800 - E8FF This range includes a number of precomposed abbreviated characters, typically an ordinary base line character with a bar across. These characters may also be described in a composite way, using the combining character "bar" introduced in subrange 8. However, for pragmatic reasons this range includes some of the most frequent combinations. Once more, this is because composite solutions do not work properly in all platforms (cf. the discussion in the introduction to this proposal). This list can become very long, as amply demonstrated in Adriano Cappelli, Dizionario di Abbreviature latine ed italiane (6th ed., Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1979). It is therefore strongly recommended that it is kept down to the most frequent combinations, and that abbreviations as a rule are described as a sequence of base line character + combining character, using the inventory in subrange 8. Glyph Entity Unicode Descriptive
name &pbardes; E800 LATIN
SMALL LETTER P WITH BAR THROUGH DESCENDER
(ABBREVIATION SIGN "PER") &Pbardes; 0000 LATIN
CAPITAL LETTER P WITH BAR THROUGH
DESCENDER (ABBREVIATION SIGN
"PER") &pflour; 0000 LATIN
SMALL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH (ABBREVIATION
SIGN "PRO") &Pflour; 0000 LATIN
CAPITAL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH
(ABBREVIATION SIGN "PRO") &kbarasc; 0000 LATIN
SMALL LETTER K WITH BAR THROUGH ASCENDER
(ABBREVIATION SIGN "KALENDAS") &qbardes; 0000 LATIN
SMALL LETTER Q WITH BAR THROUGH DESCENDER
(ABBREVIATION SIGN "QUAM") &sbaracr; 0000 LATIN
SMALL LETTER S WITH BAR ACROSS
(ABBREVIATION SIGN "SCILICET") &thbarasc; 0000 LATIN
SMALL LETTER THORN WITH BAR THROUGH
ASCENDER (ABBREVIATION SIGN
"THAET") |
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Version 1.0, 15 June 2002 OEH |