# useful characters
3: … # opposite of ⋮ (more logical would be to swap with .3 ⋯)
-() •
-(> ‣
+.> ‣ # similar to .=
(/ ⊄ # similar to (_
)/ ⊅ # similar to )_
(+ ∉ # (- with stroke
0> ⧁
0! ⦶ # no circled exclamation mark
.1 ․ # obvious location, even though ‥ and … are at inconsistent .. and 3:
-?! ‽
-!? ⸘ # now we have everything
-<3 ♥ # easy alias to trigraph cH-
-:) ☺ # easy alias to 0u
-:( ☹
** ⁑
*3 ⁂
+8< ✂ # ascii scissors
+:* ☃ # unicodesnowmanforyou.com
+0Q ◔ # quarter black
+0q ◕ # quarter not black, completes sequence 0m 0q 0R 0Q 0M
+/! ↗ # /> in use
+v/ ↙ # </ in use
+!/ ↖ # /<
+/v ↘ # >/
+
+# xorg compatibility
+.= • # previously ()
+<3 ♥ # rfc has trigraph cH-
+:) ☺ # easy alias to 0u
+:( ☹
+FU 🖕 # common abbreviation for middle finger
+#88 ∞ # alias to 00, prefer lookalike ⌘
+#v/ √ # alias to RT
+!? ‽ # previously ?!
+?! ⸘
+fs ſ # previously sl
# obvious line drawing gaps
ll ╴
BF ╳ # FD and BD combined; FB already in use
# additional letters
-sl ſ
HW Ƕ # HV conflicts with vh line drawing
hw ƕ
db ȸ
YG Ȝ # g-derived Y
yg ȝ
# common ipa
-S1 Ʃ # can't use SH or ES
-s1 ʃ # can't use sh; keep es for subscript
+s2 ʃ # can't use sh, keep es for subscript; no S-hook since (retroflex) hook is at S;
+#S2 Ʃ # derived uppercase, not ipa; occupied by SHIFT-TWO control
+l2 ɬ # only belt, but same place of articulation as r2 s2 d2
?. ʔ
?/ ʡ
# clicks
!A ǂ # Alveolar; !- looks alike, != even more so but already occupied
!B ʘ # Bilabial
!R ‼ # Retroflex (or Repeated); !! looks alike but occupied
+# grave (or similar)
+R! Ȑ # no R-grave; double down
+r! ȑ
+S! Ș # no S-grave; comma in use for cedilla, so misusing grave seems only fair
+s! ș
+T! Ț # no T-grave; like S!
+t! ț
# subscripts
as ₐ
c/ ȼ
E/ Ɇ
e/ ɇ
+F/ Ꞙ
f/ ꞙ
I/ Ɨ
i/ ɨ
D; Ɖ
E, Ȩ
e, ȩ
-F2 Ƒ
-f2 ƒ # looks like a cedilla
+F, Ƒ # described as hook, but similar to cedilla
+f, ƒ # replaces more specialised f( and Fl, unified nowadays
G2 Ɠ
g2 ɠ
+H2 Ɦ # different hook from lowercase
h2 ɦ
+HG Ꜧ # similar to NG, distinct from ꞕ ḩ ⱨ
+hg ꜧ
K2 Ƙ
k2 ƙ
l; ɭ # R
-m2 ɱ
+MG Ɱ # M2 in use
+mg ɱ # similar to ng
N2 Ɲ # left hook
n2 ɲ
n; ɳ # R
w; ⱳ
Y; Ƴ # not a hook below, but Y2 hook above is already present
y; ƴ
-Z2 Ȥ # looks like a cedilla
-z2 ȥ
+Z, Ȥ # prefer cedilla similarity like F,
+z, ȥ
z; ʐ # R
# curls (9 is mostly free because horns are so rare)
eK ㅕ
EK ㅖ
+# eastern arabic digits (0a-9a are persian variants)
+1A ١
+2A ٢
+3A ٣
+4A ٤
+5A ٥
+6A ٦
+7A ٧
+8A ٨
+9A ٩
+0A ٠
+
# common formatting control
ZS # ZWSP; capitals like other Cc
ZN # ZWNJ; less obvious alt: 'Z
# incompatible
$PR ► # current PR should be TR
$PL ◄ # current PL should be TL
+$XX ✘ # current XX should be xx
+$OK ✔ # current OK should be ok
$'> ˆ # where to put ^?
$'? ˜ # where to put ~?
$?' ΄ # tonos