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Unicode Technical Note #40

Old Italic Glyph Variation

Version 1
Author Michael Everson
Date 6 August 2015
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Summary

The unification of a number of local epigraphic alphabets into a single Old Italic script requires language-specific fonts, because the glyphs most commonly used may differ somewhat depending on the language being represented. This Technical Note provides a table showing the most common variants for each alphabet.

Status

This document is a Unicode Technical Note. It is supplied purely for informational purposes and publication does not imply any endorsement by the Unicode Consortium. For general information on Unicode Technical Notes, see http://www.unicode.org/notes/.

Contents

The body of this note is contained in the file "old-italic-glyph-variation.pdf".