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Character Requirements for Europe/Eurasian (Latin) Orthographies

If a font supports all of the following characters, we believe that most languages of Europe and Eurasia (that use the Latin script) would be able to typeset texts in their orthography. Note, however, that this list does not include required characters for phonetic description of all Europe and Eurasian languages, just orthographic use.

There are comments below about glyph variants that may be needed to support some languages.

The process for developing this list was based on the following (in order of process):

  • A review of custom-encoded fonts from Europe/Eurasia
  • A review of annotations in The Unicode Standard charts
  • Decision to include all Codepage 1252 and MacRoman characters
  • Decision to include many characters required for publishing (spaces and dashes)
  • Decision that if a combining mark, such as ◌́ was required, then all precomposed characters with that mark should also be included. (e.g., if a was in the subset, then á was also included in the subset, but since ơ is not in the subset, then was not included in the subset).
  • Decision to include all Codepage 1250 (Central Europe) characters
  • Feedback of the resulting character set
GraphicUSVNameComment
0020
!0021
"0022
#0023
$0024
%0025
&0026
'0027
(0028
)0029
*002A
+002B
,002C
-002D
.002E
/002F
00030
10031
20032
30033
40034
50035
60036
70037
80038
90039
:003A
;003B
<003C
=003D
>003E
?003F
@0040
A0041
B0042
C0043
D0044
E0045
F0046
G0047
H0048
I0049
J004A
K004B
L004C
M004D
N004E
O004F
P0050
Q0051
R0052
S0053
T0054
U0055
V0056
W0057
X0058
Y0059
Z005A
[005B
\005C
]005D
^005E
_005F
`0060
a0061
b0062
c0063
d0064
e0065
f0066
g0067
h0068
i0069
j006A
k006B
l006C
m006D
n006E
o006F
p0070
q0071
r0072
s0073
t0074
u0075
v0076
w0077
x0078
y0079
z007A
{007B
|007C
}007D
~007E
 00A0
¡00A1
¢00A2
£00A3
¤00A4
¥00A5
¦00A6
§00A7
¨00A8
©00A9
ª00AA
«00AB
¬00AC
­00AD
®00AE
¯00AF
°00B0
´00B4
µ00B5
00B6
·00B7
¸00B8
º00BA
»00BB
¿00BF
À00C0
Á00C1
Â00C2
Ã00C3
Ä00C4
Å00C5
Æ00C6
Ç00C7
È00C8
É00C9
Ê00CA
Ë00CB
Ì00CC
Í00CD
Î00CE
Ï00CF
Ð00D0
Ñ00D1
Ò00D2
Ó00D3
Ô00D4
Õ00D5
Ö00D6
×00D7
Ø00D8
Ù00D9
Ú00DA
Û00DB
Ü00DC
Ý00DD
Þ00DE
ß00DF
à00E0
á00E1
â00E2
ã00E3
ä00E4
å00E5
æ00E6
ç00E7
è00E8
é00E9
ê00EA
ë00EB
ì00EC
í00ED
î00EE
ï00EF
ð00F0
ñ00F1
ò00F2
ó00F3
ô00F4
õ00F5
ö00F6
÷00F7
ø00F8
ù00F9
ú00FA
û00FB
ü00FC
ý00FD
þ00FE
ÿ00FF
Ā0100
ā0101
Ă0102
ă0103
Ą0104
ą0105
Ć0106
ć0107
Ĉ0108
ĉ0109
Ċ010A
ċ010B
Č010C
č010D
Ď010E
ď010FA font designed for European languages should use an apostrophe rather than a caron
Đ0110
đ0111
Ē0112
ē0113
Ĕ0114
ĕ0115
Ė0116
ė0117
Ę0118
ę0119
Ě011A
ě011B
Ĝ011C
ĝ011D
Ğ011E
ğ011F
Ġ0120
ġ0121
Ģ0122
ģ0123
Ĥ0124
ĥ0125
Ħ0126
ħ0127
Ĩ0128
ĩ0129
Ī012A
ī012B
Ĭ012C
ĭ012D
Į012E
į012F
İ0130
ı0131
IJ0132
ij0133
Ĵ0134
ĵ0135
Ķ0136
ķ0137
ĸ0138
Ĺ0139
ĺ013A
Ļ013B
ļ013C
Ľ013DA font designed for European languages should use an apostrophe rather than a caron
ľ013EA font designed for European languages should use an apostrophe rather than a caron
Ŀ013F
ŀ0140
Ł0141
ł0142
Ń0143
ń0144
Ņ0145
ņ0146
Ň0147
ň0148
Ŋ014AEuropean and Eurasian languages are most likely to want a capital eng which is based on the capital N with a hook descender on the right leg (see Uppercase Eng: N-style)
ŋ014B
Ō014C
ō014D
Ŏ014E
ŏ014F
Ő0150
ő0151
Œ0152
œ0153
Ŕ0154
ŕ0155
Ŗ0156
ŗ0157
Ř0158
ř0159
Ś015A
ś015B
Ŝ015C
ŝ015D
Ş015EThere is a glyph variant for Romanian (Old Glyph Variants for Romanian)
ş015FThere is a glyph variant for Romanian (Old Glyph Variants for Romanian)
Š0160
š0161
Ţ0162There is a glyph variant for Romanian (Old Glyph Variants for Romanian)
ţ0163There is a glyph variant for Romanian (Old Glyph Variants for Romanian)
Ť0164
ť0165A font designed for European languages should use an apostrophe rather than a caron
Ŧ0166
ŧ0167
Ũ0168
ũ0169
Ū016A
ū016B
Ŭ016C
ŭ016D
Ů016E
ů016F
Ű0170
ű0171
Ų0172
ų0173
Ŵ0174
ŵ0175
Ŷ0176
ŷ0177
Ÿ0178
Ź0179
ź017A
Ż017B
ż017C
Ž017D
ž017E
ſ017F
ƀ0180
Ƃ0182
ƃ0183
Ɔ0186
Ƌ018B
ƌ018C
Ə018F
ƒ0192
Ƣ01A2
ƣ01A3
Ʀ01A6
Ƨ01A7
ƨ01A8
Ƶ01B5
ƶ01B6
Ʒ01B7
ƿ01BF
DŽ01C4
Dž01C5
dž01C6
LJ01C7
Lj01C8
lj01C9
NJ01CA
Nj01CB
nj01CC
Ǎ01CD
ǎ01CE
Ǐ01CF
ǐ01D0
Ǒ01D1
ǒ01D2
Ǔ01D3
ǔ01D4
Ǖ01D5
ǖ01D6
Ǘ01D7
ǘ01D8
Ǚ01D9
ǚ01DA
Ǜ01DB
ǜ01DC
Ǟ01DE
ǟ01DF
Ǡ01E0
ǡ01E1
Ǣ01E2
ǣ01E3
Ǥ01E4
ǥ01E5
Ǧ01E6
ǧ01E7
Ǩ01E8
ǩ01E9
Ǫ01EA
ǫ01EB
Ǭ01EC
ǭ01ED
Ǯ01EE
ǯ01EF
ǰ01F0
DZ01F1
Dz01F2
dz01F3
Ǵ01F4
ǵ01F5
Ƿ01F7
Ǹ01F8
ǹ01F9
Ǻ01FA
ǻ01FB
Ǽ01FC
ǽ01FD
Ǿ01FE
ǿ01FF
Ȁ0200
ȁ0201
Ȃ0202
ȃ0203
Ȅ0204
ȅ0205
Ȇ0206
ȇ0207
Ȉ0208
ȉ0209
Ȋ020A
ȋ020B
Ȍ020C
ȍ020D
Ȏ020E
ȏ020F
Ȑ0210
ȑ0211
Ȓ0212
ȓ0213
Ȕ0214
ȕ0215
Ȗ0216
ȗ0217
Ș0218
ș0219
Ț021A
ț021B
Ȝ021C
ȝ021D
Ȟ021E
ȟ021F
Ȥ0224
ȥ0225
Ȧ0226
ȧ0227
Ȩ0228
ȩ0229
Ȫ022A
ȫ022B
Ȭ022C
ȭ022D
Ȯ022E
ȯ022F
Ȱ0230
ȱ0231
Ȳ0232
ȳ0233
Ƀ0243
ɔ0254
ə0259
ʀ0280
ʒ0292
ʼ02BC
◌̀0300
◌́0301
◌̂0302
◌̃0303
◌̄0304
◌̆0306
◌̇0307
◌̈0308
◌̊030A
◌̋030B
◌̌030C
◌̏030F
◌̑0311
◌̒0312
◌̦0326
◌̧0327
◌̨0328
◌̯032F
◌͏034F
θ03B8
◌᷋1DCB
◌᷌1DCC
1E02
1E03
1E08
1E09
1E0A
1E0B
1E10
1E11
1E14
1E15
1E16
1E17
1E1C
1E1D
1E1E
1E1F
1E20
1E21
1E22
1E23
1E26
1E27
1E28
1E29
1E2E
1E2F
1E30
1E31
1E3E
ḿ1E3F
1E40
1E41
1E44
1E45
1E4C
1E4D
1E4E
1E4F
1E50
1E51
1E52
1E53
1E54
1E55
1E56
1E57
1E58
1E59
1E60
1E61
1E64
1E65
1E66
1E67
1E6A
1E6B
1E78
1E79
1E7A
1E7B
1E7C
1E7D
1E80
1E81
1E82
1E83
1E84
1E85
1E86
1E87
1E8A
1E8B
1E8C
1E8D
1E8E
1E8F
1E90
1E91
1E97
1E98
1E99
1E9B
1E9E
1EA4
1EA5
1EA6
1EA7
1EAA
1EAB
1EAE
1EAF
1EB0
1EB1
1EB4
1EB5
1EBC
1EBD
1EBE
ế1EBF
1EC0
1EC1
1EC4
1EC5
1ED0
1ED1
1ED2
1ED3
1ED6
1ED7
1EF2
1EF3
1EF8
1EF9
 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
200A
200B
200C
200D
200E
200F
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2018
2019
201A
201B
201C
201D
201E
201F
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
202A
202B
202C
202D
202E
202F
2030
2039
203A
2060
20A0
20AC
20B4
2122
25CC
2C67
2C68
2C69
2C6A
2C6B
2C6C
A78B
A78C
FB00
FB01
FB02
FB03
FB04
FFFD

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