Latin Extended-D is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ...
containing
Latin
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characters for phonetic,
Mayanist
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Mayan ...
, and
Medieval
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transcription and notation systems. 89 of the characters in this block are for medieval characters proposed by the
Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
In digital typography, the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative (MUFI) is a project which aims to coordinate the encoding and display of special characters in medieval texts written in the Latin alphabet, which are not encoded as part of Unicode.
...
, many of which are representative of
scribal abbreviation
Scribal abbreviations or sigla (grammatical number, singular: siglum) are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek language, Greek, Old English and Old Norse. In modern manuscrip ...
s used in Medieval
manuscript texts.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Latin Extended-D block:
References
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Latin-script Unicode blocks
Unicode blocks