Technical information: character set Unicode test
We make use of Unicode for the display of non-roman alphabets and characters appearing in EE. If your browser is unable to display Unicode, these characters will appear as empty boxes. You may need to download a compatible Unicode font to see all these characters.
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Examples of unusual Unicode characters in Electronic Enlightenment
Your browser should show Unicode characters in each of the boxes below (each with a description of the type of character). If you do not see a specific character, you will need to download a display font (see download a unicode font).
| ℈ . . . scruple | ℥ . . . ounce |
| Ʒ . . . dram | ℞ . . . take |
| ☉ . . . sun/gold | ☽ . . . moon/silver |
| ♀ . . . female/copper | ♂ . . . male/iron |
| ☿ . . . mercury | ♄ . . . saturn/lead |
| ⊞ . . . squared plus | ⊠ . . . squared times |
| ⊟ . . . squared minus | ⎅ . . . white square centre vertical line |
| ł . . . small l slash | Ł . . . large l slash |
| ę . . . e ogon | ſ . . . Latin long s |
| Ⳁ . . . used for "weier character" representing a "per cent" sign | q̲ . . . combining low line (here with the letter "q") |
| co͞e͞nce . . . line-over abbreviation mark | ɋ3 . . . Latin abbrev. "qua/quae" |
| ⟨ . . . math left angle bracket (used for editorial insertion of missing text) | ⟩ . . . math right angle bracket (used for editorial insertion of missing text) |
| Arabic: . . . زقص | Coptic: . . . Ϣ |
| Cyrillic: . . . Еремеи Ивановъ | Greek: . . . Α, Ω, πρῶτος, ἔσχατος |
| Hebrew: . . . אישנ ןועמש |