U1E53

U+1E53 is a Unicode code point in the Latin Extended Additional block. It denotes a single Latin letter used in certain orthographies that require diacritics beyond the basic Latin alphabet. The exact glyph and formal name are defined in the Unicode Character Database; in text processing, the character is treated as a letter of the Latin script. Rendering depends on font coverage; not all fonts include this code point, which can result in missing glyphs or replacement characters.

Properties and case: As a Latin letter in the extended range, it participates in case mappings with a corresponding uppercase counterpart when defined by Unicode. The character's general category is Letter, and it participates in normalization schemes consistent with other Latin letters.

Encoding: In Unicode encoding forms, U+1E53 is encoded in UTF-8 as a three-byte sequence, in UTF-16 as a single 16-bit unit (0x1E53), and in UTF-32 as 0x00001E53.

Usage: The code point is used in specialized orthographies and scholarly works to represent phonemes or transliterations not covered by the basic Latin set. It may appear in linguistic texts, philology, or digital typography that aims for typographic accuracy in Latin-based languages.

History: U+1E53 was introduced with the addition of Latin Extended Additional in Unicode 3.0 (2000) and has since been retained in later versions with unchanged fundamental properties, aside from metadata updates.

See also: Unicode, Latin Extended Additional, Unicode Character Database, UTF-8, Orthography.