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Latvian, Cyrillic, Estonian, Polish Unicode characters
Latvian capital A macron, Ā , is Ā
| Ā |
ā |
Ć |
ć |
Č |
č |
Ē |
ē |
Ģ |
ģ |
| Ā |
ā |
Ć |
ć |
Č |
č |
Ē |
ē |
Ģ |
ģ |
| Ī |
ī |
Ķ |
ķ |
Ļ |
ļ |
Ł |
ł |
Ņ |
ņ |
| Ī |
ī |
Ķ |
ķ |
Ļ |
ļ |
Ł |
ł |
Ņ |
ņ |
| Ō |
ō |
Ŗ |
ŗ |
Š |
š |
Ū |
ū |
Ž |
ž |
| Ō |
ō |
Ŗ |
ŗ |
Š |
š |
Ū |
ū |
Ž |
ž |
Lithuanian capital A ogonek, Ą , is Ą
| Ą |
ą |
Č |
č |
Ė |
ė |
Ę |
ę |
Į |
į |
| Ą |
ą |
Č |
č |
Ė |
ė |
Ę |
ę |
Į |
į |
| Š |
š |
Ū |
ū |
Ų |
ų |
Ž |
ž |
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| Š |
š |
Ū |
ū |
Ų |
ų |
Ž |
ž |
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Cyrillic capital I, И , is И
| Ё |
Є |
І |
Ї |
Ј |
А |
Б |
В |
| Ё |
Є |
І |
Ї |
Ј |
А |
Б |
В |
| ё |
є |
і |
ї |
ј |
а |
б |
в |
| ё |
є |
і |
ї |
ј |
а |
б |
в |
| Г |
Д |
Е |
Ж |
З |
И |
Й |
К |
| Г |
Д |
Е |
Ж |
З |
И |
Й |
К |
| г |
д |
е |
ж |
з |
и |
й |
к |
| г |
д |
е |
ж |
з |
и |
й |
к |
| Л |
М |
Н |
О |
П |
Р |
С |
Т |
| Л |
М |
Н |
О |
П |
Р |
С |
Т |
| л |
м |
н |
о |
п |
р |
с |
т |
| л |
м |
н |
о |
п |
р |
с |
т |
| У |
Ф |
Х |
Ц |
Ч |
Ш |
Щ |
Ъ |
| У |
Ф |
Х |
Ц |
Ч |
Ш |
Щ |
Ъ |
| у |
ф |
х |
ц |
ч |
ш |
щ |
ъ |
| у |
ф |
х |
ц |
ч |
ш |
щ |
ъ |
| Ы |
Ь |
Э |
Ю |
Я |
а |
б |
в |
| Ы |
Ь |
Э |
Ю |
Я |
а |
б |
в |
| ы |
ь |
э |
ю |
я |
ў |
Ѣ |
ѣ |
| ы |
ь |
э |
ю |
я |
ў |
Ѣ |
ѣ |
Estonian capital A diaeresis, Ä, is Ä
| Ä |
ä |
Ö |
ö |
Ü |
ü |
Õ |
õ |
| Ä |
ä |
Ö |
ö |
Ü |
ü |
Õ |
õ |
Polish capital Z with dot above, Ż, is Ż
| Ł |
ł |
Ó |
ó |
Ź |
ź |
Ż |
ż |
| Ł |
ł |
Ó |
ó |
Ź |
ź |
Ż |
ż |
Ulo Randpalu of Wisconsin, USA, wrote that he enters Estonian characters
by pressing NumLock and holding down Alt, typing +0196 on the numeric
keypad for upper case A diaeresis, etc.. This works because Estonian
characters are part of the Unicode Latin-1 Supplement, and thus in most
North American fonts. Neither Latvian nor Lithuanian nor Cyrillic characters
are in the Latin-1 Supplement. Latvian and Lithuanian are in Latin Extended-A;
the Cyrillic are in the Cyrillic set. Few North American fonts contain these.
Glyph List 4 and embedded font characters
We use Microsoft's Verdana font with Glyph List 4 [WGL4], which includes
Latvian, Cyrillic, and many other Unicode characters.
Microsoft's TrueType core fonts for the web, including the Verdana
font with WGL4 characters for Windows 9x, NT, 2000, and XP, were free
downloads before September of 2002. They are included in Windows
XP. Microsoft's Verdana, Georgia, and Trebuchet fonts show Latvian and Cyrillic and other European Unicode characters very well.
The WGL4 Verdana font does not include Cyrillic characters Ѣ
and ѣ, the capital and small letter yat, but the text on Czarist
revenue stamps includes them. They were discontinued after the 1918
Russian revolution. In transcriptions of Cyrillic text these yat characters
may appear in a different font or as lozenges.
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New 2001 March 21; updated
Fri, 2010-02-05
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Copyright © 2002 to 1010, Bill Apsit.