DIACRITICS & SPECIAL CHARACTERS

IN UNICORN

10/30/00jjb

Diacritics and special characters are entered into Unicorn records using a sequence of keystrokes. On the accompanying charts, there are 2 sections for each diacritic/special character in the "Keystroke Sequence" column. The diacritic/special character is created by first typing the keystrokes specified in the first column and then typing the keystroke(s) specified in the 2nd column.

For example:

Name
/
Key Sequence
Acute Accent / Ctrl/1 / b

To create the Acute Accent, you would first press Ctrl and then the "1" (one) key, holding both down simultaneously. After releasing those keys, you would press the "b" key. The "Ctrl/1" combination signals the system that the next keystroke is for a different character set.

Name
/
Key Sequence
Hook O (Upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/,

For the Hook O, the "Ctrl/1" keystrokes work the same way that they do for the Acute Accent example above. For the Hook O, however, the 2nd keystroke also has 2 steps, e.g. you need to hold down the "Shift" key while pressing the "," (comma) key.

DIACRITICS IN UNICORN

Name
/ Key Sequence
Acute Accent / Ctrl/1 / b
Angstrom / Ctrl/1 / j
Breve / Ctrl/1 / f
Candrabindu / Ctrl/1 / o
Cedilla / Ctrl/1 / p
Circle Below / Ctrl/1 / t
Circumflex / Ctrl/1 / c
Dot Above / Ctrl/1 / g
Dot Below / Ctrl/1 / r
Double Acute Accent / Ctrl/1 / n
Double Dot Below / Ctrl/1 / s
Double Tilde, Left Half / Ctrl/1 / z
Double Tilde, Right Half / Ctrl/1 / [
Double Underscore / Ctrl/1 / u
Grave Accent / Ctrl/1 / `
Hacek / Ctrl/1 / i
Half Circle Below / Ctrl/1 / y
High Comma Centered / Ctrl/1 / Shift/6
High Comma Off-Center / Ctrl/1 / m
Left Hook / Ctrl/1 / w
Ligature, Left Half / Ctrl/1 / k
Ligature, Right Half / Ctrl/1 / l
Low Rising Tone Mark / Ctrl/1 / Shift/2
Macron / Ctrl/1 / e
Right Cedilla / Ctrl/1 / x
Right Hook / Ctrl/1 / q
Tilde / Ctrl/1 / Shift/`
Umlaut / Ctrl/1 / h
Underscore / Ctrl/1 / v

SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN UNICORN

Name
/ Key Sequence
Alif / Ctrl/1 / .
Ayn / Ctrl/1 / 0 (zero)
British Pound / Ctrl/1 / 9
Copyright / Ctrl/1 / ]
Degree Sign / Ctrl/1 / a
Dotless i / Ctrl/1 / 8
Eth / Ctrl/1 / Shift/;
Hard Sign / Ctrl/1 / 7
Hook o (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / ,
Hook O (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/,
Hook u (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / -
Hook U (Upper case) / Ctrl/1 / =
Inverted Exclamation Mark / Ctrl/1 / /
Inverted Question Mark / Ctrl/1 / Shift//
Ligature ae (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / 5
Ligature AE (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/5
Ligature oe (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / 6
Ligature OE (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/7
Middle Dot / Ctrl/1 / Shift/9
Musical Flat / Ctrl/1 / Shift/0 (zero)
Musical Sharp / Ctrl/1 / Shift/-
Patent Mark / Ctrl/1 / Shift/8
Phono Record Copyright / Ctrl/1 / Shift/]
Plus or Minus / Ctrl/1 / Shift/=
Script l / Ctrl/1 / Shift/.
Slash d (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / 3
Slash D (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/3
Slash l (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / 1
Slash L (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/1
Slash o (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / 2
Slash o (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/'
Soft Sign / Ctrl/1 / '
Thorn (lower case) / Ctrl/1 / 4
Thorn (upper case) / Ctrl/1 / Shift/4

GREEK CHARACTERS IN UNICORN

Name
/ Key Sequence
Alpha / Ctrl/2 / a
Beta / Ctrl/2 / b
Gamma / Ctrl/2 / c

SUPERSCRIPT CHARACTERS IN UNICORN

Name
/ Key Sequence
0 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/0 (zero)
1 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/1
2 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/2
3 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/3
4 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/4
5 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/5
6 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/6
7 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/7
8 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/8
9 / Ctrl/3 / Shift/9
( / Ctrl/3 / Shift/(
) / Ctrl/3 / Shift/)
+ / Ctrl/3 / Shift/-
- / Ctrl/3 / Shift/+

SUBSCRIPT CHARACTERS IN UNICORN

Name
/ Key Sequence
0 / Ctrl/4 / 0 (zero)
1 / Ctrl/4 / 1
2 / Ctrl/4 / 2
3 / Ctrl/4 / 3
4 / Ctrl/4 / 4
5 / Ctrl/4 / 5
6 / Ctrl/4 / 6
7 / Ctrl/4 / 7
8 / Ctrl/4 / 8
9 / Ctrl/4 / 9
( / Ctrl/4 / [
) / Ctrl/4 / ]
+ / Ctrl/4 / -
- / Ctrl/4 / +

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