Le sam. 27 oct. 2018 à 15:06, Asmus Freytag via Unicode <[email protected]> a écrit :
> First question is: how do you interpret the symbol? For me it is > definitely the capital M followed by the superscript "r" (written in an > old style no longer used in Poland), but there is something below the > superscript. It looks like a small "z", but such an interpretation > doesn't make sense for me. > > My suspicion would be that the small "z" is rather a "=" that acquired a > connecting stroke as part of quick handwriting. > I have the same kind of reading, the zigzagging stroek is an hnadwritten emphasis of the uperscript r above it (explicitly noting it is terminating the abbreviation), jut like the small underline that happens sometimes below the superscript o in the abbreviation of "numero" (as well sometimes there was not just one but two small underlines, including in some prints). This sample is a perfect example of fast cursive handwritting (due to high variability of all other letter shapes, sizes and joinings, where even the capital M is written as two unconnected strokes), and it's not abnormal to see in such condition this cursive joining between the two underlining strokes so that it looks like a single zigzag.
