On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 2:34 AM arno.schmitt via Unicode < [email protected]> wrote:
> Am 28.10.2018 um 09:13 schrieb Richard Wordingham via Unicode: > > The notation is a quite widespread format for abbreviations. the > > first letter is normal sized, and the subsequent letter is written in > > some variety of superscript with a squiggle underneath so that it > > doesn't get overlooked. I have deduced that this is not plain text > > because there is no encoding mechanism for it. For example, our > > lecturers would frequently use this treatment to abbreviate function > > as 'fn' with the 'n' superscript and supported by a squiggle below > > sitting on the baseline. The squiggle below has meaning; it marks the > > word as an abbreviation. > > > > Richard. > > Looks to me like U+2116 № NUMERO SIGN > which perhaps should not have encoded, > since we have both U+004E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N and > U+00BA º MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR > AIUI, № was encoded as a compatibility character because it appears in some East Asian character sets
