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Dear Stefan,</div>
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In my experience, it's a mistake to try to approximate the look of one character by replacing it with a different character that carries its own meaning. For instance, using superscript zero in place of a superscript o (oh)—rendering the statement nonsensical
if the font displays zeroes with a slash. Use of the prime character would be an example of this.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It's far preferable to preserve standard meaning when encoding characters, making necessary accommodations based on what characters are available, so long as the result is clear. The superscript slash is a mark of
punctuation; the task is to find another mark of punctuation that fulfills the function of indicating alternating split gatherings. When I was a new cataloger, I used a standard slash, which is unsightly and can be slightly confusing when mixed with superscript
letters, such as this: </span><span style="font-family: "IBM Plex Sans";">Signatures: ã⁸ ẽ⁴ A-2E⁸/⁴</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I have since settled on using the "dot in the center of the line" as it is called in OCLC Connexion—which I believe is equivalent to the the
middle dot in unicode (U+00B7)—and have been training other catalogers to do the same. It doesn't look like a slash, but in context it is perfectly clear to those who can read signature statements. (For those who can't, it's gibberish in any case):
</span><span style="font-family: "IBM Plex Sans";">Signatures: A-O<sup>8</sup>·<sup>4 </sup></span></div>
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I'd be open to other alternatives if someone knows of a better way; in the meantime, I commend "middle dot" to your consideration. </div>
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Best wishes,<br>
Deborah</div>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(46, 116, 181);">Deborah J Leslie
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M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | <a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu" id="OWA2d513fea-1a62-c734-8283-f332ef709ddb" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(46, 116, 181); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
djleslie@folger.edu</a> | Opinions her own</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 25, 2025 08:00<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Duhr, Stefan<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] [EXT] Re: Superscript Letters in Collational Formulas (using Unicode)
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Dear colleagues,</p>
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Thank you very much for your answers. While creating rules for Collational Formulas for German-speaking countries based on Bowers, DCRMR, Gaskell, Greg and Tanselle, I noticed that in addition to superscript and subscript numerals and individual superscript
letters, a further character is required, a superscript slash (“<sup>/</sup>”). However, this is not defined in Unicode.</p>
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It is used to describe gathering sequences with an alternating range. David Whitesell provides a corresponding example in his collection of examples created for the Rare Book School (<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://rarebookschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/G-10HomeworkExamples2014.pdf" id="OWA40dd6d55-0c6f-90ff-adb6-e058733002cf" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://rarebookschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/G-10HomeworkExamples2014.pdf</a></u></span>)
on the penultimate page.</p>
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Here is the example:</p>
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12° : A-O⁸<sup>/</sup>⁴ P⁴ [$4/2 signed]</p>
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12° : A⁸ B-P⁸<sup>/</sup>⁴ [$4/2 signed; missigning B3,4 as A3,4, D4 as D3, N2 as 'N1']</p>
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Such phenomena are mainly found in French prints and I have often encountered them in my work.</p>
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There are also gathering sequences in the form 4/2/4/2 (cf. <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
<u><a href="https://opac.k10plus.de/DB=2.299/PPNSET?PPN=1686415796&PRS=HOL&INDEXSET=21" id="OWAb96d9a18-94be-f76e-c806-a638cd7ae89d" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">K10plus-PPN
1686415796</a></u></span>).</p>
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Hence my question:</p>
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Which Unicode character do you use for such phenomena?</p>
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The use of <span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">ᐟ</span> (U+141F) or ′ (U+2032) does not seem quite appropriate to me.</p>
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Best,</p>
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Stefan</p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Abteilung Handschriften und Historische Drucke | Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">James Duff Brown, Scottish bibliographer and librarian (A manual of practical bibliography. London 1906, p. 92)</span></p>
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<b>Von:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Deborah J. Leslie via DCRM-L<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2025 16:53<br>
<b>An:</b> DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie@FOLGER.edu><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [EXT] Re: [DCRM-L] Superscript Letters in Collational Formulas (using Unicode)</p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(156, 101, 0);">EXTERNE E-MAIL - </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">SEIEN SIE ACHTSAM BEIM ÖFFNEN VON LINKS UND ANHÄNGEN</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: black;">And does it bother the heck out of us? (Need you ask?)
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M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | <u><a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu" id="OWA0445bcc1-39ab-b8f9-6bb4-8fb83bcb77aa" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(46, 116, 181); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">djleslie@folger.edu</a></u> |
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<span style="color: black;"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" id="OWAd43b6480-eede-d072-9010-77ee0923a2f7" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">>
on behalf of Erin Blake via DCRM-L <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" id="OWA5484022d-e351-308d-5633-d9f8a9d21216" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2025 10:22<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" id="OWAaac52c1f-b6ee-2484-182d-cf3a40bdf48d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Erin Blake <</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:EBlake@FOLGER.edu" id="OWA623d2735-13aa-b77d-cdba-71b4e6be8ccc" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">EBlake@FOLGER.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DCRM-L] Superscript Letters in Collational Formulas (using Unicode)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;">At the Folger, we do use Unicode superscripts and subscripts in our online catalog. See
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Unicode_characters_for_cataloging" id="OWAe875607f-5230-29ee-6b2b-f08aa3e55408" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Unicode_characters_for_cataloging</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;">Unicode can also be used when cataloging in OCLC Connexion’s shared environment (see
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/Connexion/Connexion_client/International_cataloging" id="OWA2978cda2-ab0b-5b44-48fe-32b8d6cdf99a" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/Connexion/Connexion_client/International_cataloging</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;"> for
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;">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:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;">See also </span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts" id="OWA4df7fc84-a123-5873-0988-46f9007f705c" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 10pt;">Erin Blake, PhD | she/her | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | Washington, DC 20003 |
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<b>From:</b> DCRM-L <<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu" id="OWA69728c31-10fa-5e01-90db-86cde040f43d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a></u></span>>
<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 <<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" id="OWAef2dd1ce-6ae7-4426-b8a3-df3b5e00fef1" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a></u></span>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Duhr, Stefan <<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:Stefan.Duhr@sbb.spk-berlin.de" id="OWA42dcac7d-6128-7249-5731-910ebc4710e9" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Stefan.Duhr@sbb.spk-berlin.de</a></u></span>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Superscript Letters in Collational Formulas (using Unicode)</p>
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Dear Sir or Madam,</p>
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As a member of the committee responsible for the German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), the “<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://wiki.dnb.de/display/STAC/AG+Alte+Drucke" id="OWA181419ba-8a47-13f9-d6d8-b7ca34896d69" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Alte Drucke beim Standardisierungsauschuss der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek</a></u></span>”, I have the following question for you:</p>
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In the German union database <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K10plus" id="OWAf37cf8d2-3d2d-2a8d-5b5d-b925f892f0bd" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">K10plus</a></u></span>,
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
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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.</p>
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A German-language overview of the numbers and letters to be used can be found here:
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/download/attachments/201228317/Signaturformeln_Unicode.pdf" id="OWAa122da77-40dc-751f-7928-77b9724de989" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/download/attachments/201228317/Signaturformeln_Unicode.pdf</a></u></span>.</p>
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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?).</p>
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As we have been able to ascertain, the use of superscript letters in collational formulas is permitted according to the DCRM (see
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://bsc.rbms.info/DCRMR/phys-desc/Note-on-extent-of-manifestation/#621544-signatures" id="OWAa1c77f90-3c80-33de-46b3-70048f55cb6b" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">6.215
— Note on extent of manifestation - DCRM (RDA Edition)</a></u></span> under 6.215.44.3).</p>
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With kind regards</p>
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p.p. Stefan Duhr</p>
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*) ᵖ and ᵛ => "Phonetic Extensions", ᶜ => "Phonetic Extensions Supplement", ʰ and ʳ => "Spacing Modifier Letters" and ⁱ => "Superscripts and Subscripts"</p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Stefan Duhr, M.A.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Abteilung Handschriften und Historische Drucke | Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books</span></p>
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