[Biblical-languages] U+ assignment for LXX sigla in BHS?

biblang at ntresources.com biblang at ntresources.com
Wed May 28 15:59:18 EDT 2003


What is the appropriate Unicode assignment for the LXX sigla in BHS (&
elsewhere)--the Black-Letter Capital S? (see BHS, Sigla, p. XLV)

There are several Black-Letter characters listed in the "Letterlike Symbols"
range, but not S.

There is also a note in the online Unicode NamesList re. "Fraktur symbols...
This style is sometimes known as black-letter." There is a MATHEMATICAL BOLD
FRAKTUR CAPITAL S, but in the code charts it looks nothing like the
Black-Letter capital S in BHS. Is this just a glyph variation? Or is there a
better slot for this?

And in what font might I find such a glyph? I find nothing in Gentium,
Palatino Linotype, Cardo, Times New Roman, Titus Cyberbit Basic, Lucida
Unicode, or even Arial Unicode.

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Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA,USA
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