Latin Small Letter L With High Stroke Letter
ꝉ (U+A749) is a Latin Extended lowercase letter form used for specific historical or typographic texts.
U+A749
ꝉ is a Unicode character known as the Latin small letter l with high stroke. It lives in the Latin Extended block and is mainly used to represent a particular letter shape in text. If you need the exact glyph, use the provided copy and escape sequences.
Latin Small Letter L With High Stroke Letter Meaning
ꝉ is a lowercase Latin letter with a distinctive high-stroke form, encoded in Unicode as U+A749 (“LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH HIGH STROKE”). Its “meaning” is primarily about correct character representation: it preserves a specific typographic or historical variant of the letter l rather than the plain lowercase l (U+006C). You may encounter it in scholarly transcriptions, specialized fonts, or documents that aim for faithful reproduction of source text. In most modern UI contexts, it functions simply as a character (a letter) that should be rendered by a font supporting the glyph.
Common uses
- •Scholarly transcription of historical Latin texts that require the exact l variant
- •Typesetting and proofreading for editions that specify a distinct letter form
- •Adding correct characters to manuscripts or catalogs using Unicode-accurate text
- •Typography and font testing to verify coverage for U+A749
- •Digital humanities projects where character-level fidelity matters
Examples
ꝉ Latin small letter l with high stroke
- ꝉ… et ꝉucario …
- ꝉIn ꝉextu antiquo, ꝉ littera …
- ꝉScriptum ꝉ est forma particularis.
- ꝉTranskribe: ꝉ = l with high stroke.
- ꝉVera ꝉ in fonte reperitur.
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+A749 | |
| HTML Entity | ꝉ | |
| HTML Code | ꝉ | |
| CSS | \A749 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 42825 | |
| Decimal | 42825 |
How to type Latin Small Letter L With High Stroke Letter (ꝉ)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 42825 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type A749 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type A749. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type a749, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy ꝉ with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Latin Small Letter L With High Stroke letter mean?
ꝉ is a lowercase Latin letter with a distinctive high-stroke form, encoded in Unicode as U+A749 (“LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH HIGH STROKE”). Its “meaning” is primarily about correct character representation: it preserves a specific typographic or historical variant of the letter l rather than the plain lowercase l (U+006C). You may encounter it in scholarly transcriptions, specialized fonts, or documents that aim for faithful reproduction of source text. In most modern UI contexts, it functions simply as a character (a letter) that should be rendered by a font supporting the glyph.
What is the Unicode for ꝉ?
ꝉ is Unicode code point U+A749.
How do I type ꝉ in HTML?
Use the HTML entity: ꝉ
Does ꝉ mean anything different from the regular lowercase l?
It represents a specific lowercase l variant (“l with high stroke”) used for correct typographic or historical rendering, not a separate commonly used word-level meaning.
Will ꝉ display correctly on all devices?
It depends on font support. If the font doesn’t include U+A749, you may see a fallback glyph.