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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">At the Folger, we do use Unicode superscripts and subscripts in our online catalog. See
<a href="https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Unicode_characters_for_cataloging">https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Unicode_characters_for_cataloging</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Unicode can also be used when cataloging in OCLC Connexion’s shared environment (see
<a href="https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/Connexion/Connexion_client/International_cataloging">
https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/Connexion/Connexion_client/International_cataloging</a> for examples).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Unfortunately, Unicode superscripts 1, 2, and 3 are in a different block from the other digits, and some computer fonts display them with different alignments and weights. This
wasn’t a problem with our previous online catalog, but is with our current catalog. Here’s a screenshot for example:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">See also
</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Erin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">_______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Erin Blake, PhD | she/her | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | Washington, DC 20003 |
<a href="mailto:eblake@folger.edu"><span style="color:#467886">eblake@folger.edu</span></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Duhr, Stefan via DCRM-L<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 26, 2025 3:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Duhr, Stefan <Stefan.Duhr@sbb.spk-berlin.de><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Superscript Letters in Collational Formulas (using Unicode)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sir or Madam, <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a member of the committee responsible for the German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), the “<a href="https://wiki.dnb.de/display/STAC/AG+Alte+Drucke">Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alte Drucke beim Standardisierungsauschuss der
Deutschen Nationalbibliothek</a>”, I have the following question for you: <span lang="DE">
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the German union database <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K10plus">
K10plus</a>, superscript and subscript numbers and letters that can be recorded using Unicode have recently been permitted. This now enables us to specify these when writing collation formulas as part of the cataloging of Early Printed Books. There should be
no problems when exchanging data. <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We do not see any problems with superscript and subscript numbers in this regard. However, there is still some doubt about superscript letters, as these originate from different Unicode blocks* and are not represented uniformly in our union
catalog. <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A German-language overview of the numbers and letters to be used can be found here:
<a href="https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/download/attachments/201228317/Signaturformeln_Unicode.pdf">
https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/download/attachments/201228317/Signaturformeln_Unicode.pdf</a>.
<span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our question is whether you in English-speaking countries also use Unicode when entering collational formulas – especially for superscript letters – or whether you use a different character set (which one?).
<span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As we have been able to ascertain, the use of superscript letters in collational formulas is permitted according to the DCRM (see
<a href="https://bsc.rbms.info/DCRMR/phys-desc/Note-on-extent-of-manifestation/#621544-signatures">
6.215 — Note on extent of manifestation - DCRM (RDA Edition)</a> under 6.215.44.3).
<span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With kind regards<span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">p.p. Stefan Duhr<span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*) ᵖ and ᵛ => "Phonetic Extensions", ᶜ => "Phonetic Extensions Supplement", ʰ and ʳ => "Spacing Modifier Letters" and ⁱ => "Superscripts and Subscripts"
<span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Abteilung Handschriften und Historische Drucke | Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books</span><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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