Template:Unichar

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This template produces a formatted description of a Unicode character, to be used inline or otherwise with regular text.

• The character {{unichar|a9|COPYRIGHT SIGN}} is about intellectual property. →

  The character U+00A9 © COPYRIGHT SIGN is about intellectual property.

Usage

The {{unichar}} template takes the Unicode hexadecimal code point value and optionally the character name as input, like {{unichar|00A9|COPYRIGHT SIGN}} → U+00A9 © COPYRIGHT SIGN.

This template produces a formatted description of a Unicode character, to be used in-line with regular text. It follows the standard Unicode presentation of a character, using the "U+" prefix for displaying the hex code point, followed by its glyph, then optionally by the character name, using Unicode's inline formatting recommendation. In running text such as the Unicode Standard, Wikipedia, or other rich-text environments, the character name is preferredly displayed in SMALL-CAPS STYLE. (The all-caps presentation is mainly designed for plain-text environments.)

The hexadecimal value is required (e.g. A9), other input is optional. The actual glyph is rendered using a font that contains the character. This can be set to something more specific, e.g. to language- or IPA-specific fonts. To show the glyph, the font character can be overridden with an image. A wikilink to an article on the character or set of characters, and another to the article Unicode can be created. It is also possible to add (bracketed like this), the calculated decimal value, HTML character codes, and a custom note.

Some special code points are given extra care, like control and space characters. These are automatically detected by the unichar/gc sub-template.

For documentation see wikipedia page wikipedia:Template:Refbegin

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Unichar

Formats a Unicode character description inline.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Hex value	1 hval	Hexadecimal unicode codepoint Example 031A	String	required
Character name	2 na	If provided, shows Unicode character name Example COMBINING LEFT ANGLE ABOVE	String	suggested
Should U+ be sans-serif?	sans	no description Example How to show the U+. Any value except a single lowercase letter y means use mono, the default	String	optional
ulink	ulink	no description Example Phonetic symbols in Unicode	Line	optional
image	image	no description	Unknown	optional
cwith	cwith	no description	String	optional
size	size	Relative size of rendered character Example 200%	String	optional
use	use	no description	String	optional
use2	use2	no description	String	optional
nlink	nlink	no description	String	optional
dec	dec	no description	Number	optional
Show HTML code?	HTML html	If provided, shows HTML code Example yes	String	suggested
note	note	no description	Line	optional

See also, external links

Useful links for researching Unicode characters:

• Unicode.org charts in PDF format, showing the U+ hex values.
• Fileformat.info search, to search by name (whole or partial), by U+ hex value or decimal value, or by the font symbol (copy-paste it). Extra information provided per character. One character only.
• branah.com's a multi-character Unicode converter.
• Unicode properties overview, e.g comma U+002C: [1]

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