Dotted circle
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In Unicode, the dotted circle (◌) is a typographic character used to illustrate the effect of a combining mark, such as a diacritic mark.[1] In Windows, it is possible to use the key combination to produce the character.
Illustration
A Unicode combining mark combines with a preceding character. When used as stand-alone, it would combine unintentionally with a preceding character (possibly a space):
- Diacritic ̒ used alone between regular spaces
- Diacritic ◌̒ used after a character
Using the generic dotted circle character also shows the relative positioning of the diacritic.
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References
- ↑ "Chapter 17. About the Code Charts". The Unicode Standard. Version 6.2. Unicode, Inc.. 2012-09-26. p. 273. https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/ch17.pdf. Retrieved 2015-03-28. "Combining characters are shown with a dotted circle. […] the relative position of the dotted circle indicates an […] approximate location of the base character in relation to the combining mark. […]"
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