Letterlike_Symbols

Letterlike Symbols

Letterlike Symbols

Unicode block


Letterlike Symbols is a Unicode block containing 80 characters which are constructed mainly from the glyphs of one or more letters. In addition to this block, Unicode includes full styled mathematical alphabets, although Unicode does not explicitly categorize these characters as being "letterlike."

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Symbols

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Glyph variants

Variation selectors may be used to specify chancery (U+FE00) vs roundhand (U+FE01) forms, if the font supports them:

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The remainder of the set is at Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.

Block

Letterlike Symbols[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+210x
U+211x
U+212x
U+213x
U+214x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

Emoji

The Letterlike Symbols block contains two emoji: U+2122 and U+2139.[6][7]

The block has four standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the two emoji, both of which default to a text presentation.[8]

Emoji variation sequences
U+21222139
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Letterlike Symbols block:

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See also


References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. Spanish for "each one."
  4. It is unknown which constant this is supposed to be. Xerox standard XCCS 353/046 just says "Euler's."
  5. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
  6. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.

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