Special Characters

Table of special characters with samples

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Start every letter with a second-level heading (##)

Use a unique, short description of the letter as the heading. Use only lowercase letters and hyphens, no spaces (this makes it easy to link).

In the section use one bulleted * list.

Every list item contains of a variable name (label) and one or more values, separated by colon :.

Multiple values are separated by semicolon ;.

All variable names that have free text values must be suffixed with the 2-letter language code in brackets, e.g. (en).

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      Language
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* Name (de): ae Ligatur
* Base Letter: a; e; ae
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  Variable     Values

These variables are available (required):

Recognition: This is the Unicode letter (or combination of letters) which should be recognized and entered for this special character.
Sample: One or more sample images, consisting of an <a> that links to the landing page that contains this sample and inside the link, an <img> with the actual letter. You can use Markdown for this, if you wish.
Base Letter: A List of related letters, which can be easily entered (i.e. mainly ASCII letters) and which can be used for searching or sorting for the correct recognition. Related letters can be for example the unaccented version of the special character or some otherwise similar letter.
Name (en|de): Human readable name of the letter, qualified by language (for display)
Shortcut (Windows): Keyboard shortcut to produce the letter in Windows
Shortcut (Linux): Keyboard shortcut to produce the letter in Linux
Related: Links to related entries in this page.
Notes (en|de): Notes, can include links

a-with-circumflex

Recognition: â
Base Letter: a
Name (de): Kleines a betont mit Circumflex
Name (en): Lowercase a stressed with circumflex
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): ^a; Alt+0226
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00e2

a-with-grave

Recognition: à
Base Letter: a
Name (de): Kleines a betont mit Gravis
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with grave
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): shift+´a; Alt+0224
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00e0

c-with-cedilla

Recognition: ç
Base Letter: c
Name (de): Kleines a betont mit Cedille
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with cedilla
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): Alt Gr+´c; Alt+0231
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00e7

e-with-acute

Recognition: é
Base Letter: e
Name (de): Kleines e betont mit Akut
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with acute
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): ´e; Alt+0233
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00e9

e-with-circumflex

Recognition: ê
Base Letter: e
Name (de): Kleines e betont mit Circumflex
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with circumflex
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): ^e; Alt+0234
Shortcut (Linux): ^e; Strg+Shift+U+00ea

e-with-diaeresis

Recognition: ë
Base Letter: e
Name (de): Kleines e betont mit Trema/Umlaut
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with diaeresis
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0235
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00eb

e-with-grave

Recognition: è
Base Letter: e
Name (de): Kleines e betont mit Gravis
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with grave
Sample: ;
Shortcut (Windows): Shift+´e; Alt+0232
Shortcut (Linux): Shift+´e; Strg+Shift+U+00e8

e-with-macron

Recognition: ē
Base Letter: e
Name (de): Kleines e betont mit Makron
Name (en): Lowercase e stressed with macron
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0275
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+0113

o-with-macron

Recognition: ō
Base Letter: o
Name (de): Kleines o betont mit Makron
Name (en): Lowercase o stressed with macron
Sample: ;
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0333
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+01D4

u-with-macron

Recognition: ū
Base Letter: u
Name (de): Kleines u betont mit Makron
Name (en): Lowercase u stressed with macron
Sample: ;
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0363
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+016B

i-with-diaeresis

Recognition: ï
Base Letter: i
Name (de): Kleines i betont mit Trema/Umlaut
Name (en): Lowercase i stressed with diaeresis
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0239
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00EF

o-with-circumflex

Recognition: ô
Base Letter: o
Name (de): Kleines o betont mit Circumflex
Name (en): Lowercase i stressed with circumflex
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0244
Shortcut (Linux): Strg+Shift+U+00F4

u-with-circumflex

Recognition: û
Base Letter: u
Name (de): Kleines u betont mit Circumflex
Name (en): Lowercase u stressed with circumflex
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): ^u; Alt+0251
Shortcut (Windows): ^u; Strg+Shift+U+00FB

ligature-ct

Recognition: ct
Base Letter: ct; c; t
Name (de): ct-Ligatur
Name (en): ct ligature
Sample: ;
Notes (de): Konsonantische Ligaturen werden grundsätzlich gespalten
Notes (en): Consonantal ligatures are principally to be split

capital-ligature-ae

Recognition: Æ
Base Letter: AE; A; E
Name (de): Große AE-Ligatur
Name (en): Uppercase AE ligature
Sample:
Shortcut (Windows): Alt+0198
Shortcut (Linux): Alt Gr+Shifta; Strg+Shift+U+00C6

ligature-st

Recognition: st
Base Letter: st; s; t
Name (de): st-ligatur mit scharfem S
Name (en): st ligature with sharp s
Sample:

ligature-ff

Recognition: ff
Base Letter: ff; f; ﬀ
Name (de): ff-Ligatur
Name (en): ff-ligatur
Sample:

ligatur-ss

Recognition: ss
Base Letter: ss; ff; s; ſſ
Name (de): ss-Ligatur mit langem s
Name (en): ss ligature with sharp s
Sample:

ligatur-fi

Recognition: fi
Base Letter: fi; ﬁ
Name (de): fi-Ligatur
Name (en): fi ligature
Sample:

ligature-fl

Recognition: fl
Base Letter: fl; ﬂ
Name (de): fl-Ligatur
Name (en): fl ligature
Sample:

ligatur-si

Recognition: si
Base Letter: si; ſi
Name (de): si-Ligatur mit langem s
Name (en): si ligature with sharp s
Sample:

ligatur-ssi

Recognition: ssi
Base Letter: ssi; ſſi
Name (de): ssi-Ligatur mit langem s
Name (en): ssi ligature with sharp s
Sample:

superscripted-9

Recognition: ꝰ
Base Letter: 9; '
Name (de): Hochgestellte 9 als Vorläufer des Apostrophs
Name (en): Superscripted 9 as precedant of the apostrophe
Sample:
Notes (de): Steht für os, us, is oder s (Genitiv, Wortendung), vgl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribal_abbreviation#Marks_with_independent_meaning