MUFI Character Database

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Number of characters in database: 1530

Private Use Area 4: Base-line abbreviation characters

This range includes those abbreviation signs which typically occupy a position on the base line. Several base-line abbreviation characters can be identified with existing characters in the Standard:

• Basic Latin: The ampersand, 0026, for ‘et’ (= the conjunction ‘and’) (p. 14).
• Spacing Modifier Letters: The apostrophe, 02BC, for ‘i’ or ‘e’ (p. 42).
• Runic: The runic ‘f’, 16A0, for ‘fé’ and the runic ‘m’, 16D8, for ‘maðr’, both frequently used in Old Norse manuscripts (p. 48).
• General Punctuation: the Tironian sign for ‘et’, 204A (p. 64).
• Number forms: The reversed ‘C’, 2183 and 2184, for ‘con’ (p. 69).
• Mathematical Operators: The homothetic sign, 223B, for ‘est’ (p. 71).
• Dingbats: The Latin cross, 271D, for ‘kross’ (p. 73).

In v. 5.1 of the Unicode Standard, the majority of the characters in this subrange have been inluded in Latin Extended-D (pp. 78–85), and have therefore been decommissioned (highlighted in yellow).

Glyph	Entity	Numeric	Codepoint	Chart	Description	Version	Andron
	&autem;		E8A3	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN AUTEM	Uni.: MUFI: 4.0	
	(has a decommissioned character in Andron Scriptor Web; the code point E8A3 should now be used for LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN AUTEM)
	&ET;		F142	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN CAPITAL ET	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	The small form of the above character is 204A TIRONIAN SIGN ET in General Punctuation (p. 64).
	&etslash;		F158	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SMALL ET WITH STROKE	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	&de;		F159	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SMALL DE	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	Used for Denar, Denier and Pfennig, and should therefore be distinguished from the italic form of 00F0 LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH. It should, however, be unified with F159 LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SMALL DE (p. 106 above). The previous code point, F2E5, should be retained and not used for any new character. Also defined as LATIN SMALL LETTER D ROTUNDA WITH BAR (&drotbar;).
	&USbase;		F1A5	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SPACING BASE-LINE CAPITAL US	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	This character is positioned on the base line and has capital form (full height).
	&usbase;		F1A6	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SPACING BASE-LINE US	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	This character is positioned on the base line, but not with full height.
	&ETslash;		F1A7	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN CAPITAL ET WITH STROKE	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	&sem;		F1AC	PUA-4	LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SEMICOLON	Uni.: MUFI: 3.0	
	The character 003B SEMICOLON can be used for the frequent abbreviation sign of similar shape. However, some encoders might want to have a separate character, in which case we recommend using F1AC LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SEMICOLON. Neither character should be unified with F1EA PUNCTUS VERSUS, which is a punctuation mark (see p. 145 below).