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2Google Fonts Greek Glyphs Sets
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5## Structure and Hierarchy of Glyph Sets for Greek:
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8###General Use
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101. **Core** Basic Monotonic set for everyday Modern Greek
112. **Plus** Basic Polytonic set for Scholarly Greek
123. **Expert** Small Caps for Core and Plus sets, Superscript Letters
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14###Scholarly Use
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161. **Pro** Extended Polytonic set for Ancient Greek Studies
172. **Archaic** Variable Letterforms for Ancient Texts, Papyri
183. **Ancient Musical Symbols** Greek and Byzantine Musical Symbols
194. **Coptic** Liturgical language for Coptic Church
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24## General Use
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26### 1. GF Greek Core, 77 glyphs total
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28> +43 Optional Small Cap Glyphs
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30Basic Monotonic Greek
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32* Basic Greek UC ` ΆΈΉΊΌΎΏΐΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩΪΫ `
33* Basic Greek LC ` άέήίΰαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϊϋόύώ `
34* Punctuation ` · ; `
35* Greek numeral signs or keraia ` ʹ ͵ `
36* Accents ` ́ ΅ `
37* Kai symbol ` ϗ Ϗ `
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39### 2. GF Greek Plus, 265 glyphs total
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41> +185 Optional Small Cap Glyphs
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43Basic Polytonic Greek
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45* Polytonic UC `ἈἉἊἋἌἍἎἏἘἙἚἛἜἝἨἩἪἫἬἭἮἯἸἹἺἻἼἽἾἿὈὉὊὋὌὍὙὛὝὟὨὩὪὫὬὭὮὯᾈᾉᾊᾋᾌᾍᾎᾏᾘᾙᾚᾛᾜᾝᾞᾟᾨᾩᾪᾫᾬᾭᾮᾯᾸᾹᾺΆᾼῈΈῊΉῌῘῙῚΊῨῩῪΎῬῸΌῺΏῼ `
46* Polytonic LC ` ἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇἐἑἒἓἔἕἠἡἢἣἤἥἦἧἰἱἲἳἴἵἶἷὀὁὂὃὄὅὐὑὒὓὔὕὖὗὠὡὢὣὤὥὦὧὰάὲέὴήὶίὸόὺύὼώᾀᾁᾂᾃᾄᾅᾆᾇᾐᾑᾒᾓᾔᾕᾖᾗᾠᾡᾢᾣᾤᾥᾦᾧᾰᾱᾲᾳᾴᾶᾷιῂῃῄῆῇῐῑῒΐῖῗῠῡῢΰῤῥῦῧῲῳῴῶῷ `
47* Accents ``` ́ ` ͂ ` ```
48* Breathings ` ̔ ̓ `
49* Combinations ` ῁ ῍ ῎ ῏ ῝ ῞ ῟ `
50* Diactritics ` ͅ ι `
51* Punctuation ` ̓ `
52* Combining Marks ` ͂ ̓ ̈́ ͅ `
53* Iota Adscript as ss01 `ᾈᾉᾊᾋᾌᾍᾎᾏᾘᾙᾚᾛᾜᾝᾞᾟᾨᾩᾪᾫᾬᾭᾮᾯᾼῌῼ`
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55### 3. GF Greek Expert, 283 glyphs total
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57Small Caps for Core and Plus sets, Superscript Letters
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60* Core .sc `άέήίΰαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϊϋόύώ`
61* Plus .sc `ἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇἐἑἒἓἔἕἠἡἢἣἤἥἦἧἰἱἲἳἴἵἶἷὀὁὂὃὄὅὐὑὒὓὔὕὖὗὠὡὢὣὤὥὦὧὰάὲέὴήὶίὸόὺύὼώᾀᾁᾂᾃᾄᾅᾆᾇᾐᾑᾒᾓᾔᾕᾖᾗᾠᾡᾢᾣᾤᾥᾦᾧᾰᾱᾲᾳᾴᾶᾷιῂῃῄῆῇῐῑῒΐῖῗῠῡῢΰῤῥῦῧῲῳῴῶῷ Ϗ`
62* Archaic Numerals .sc `ϛ ϟ ϡ ϝ`
63* Iota Adscript as ss01 .sc `ᾈᾉᾊᾋᾌᾍᾎᾏᾘᾙᾚᾛᾜᾝᾞᾟᾨᾩᾪᾫᾬᾭᾮᾯᾼῌῼ`
64* Superior Letters .sups `ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω`
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66* Ligatures `λλ γγ`
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68## Scholarly Use
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70
71### 1. GF Greek Pro, 82 glyphs total
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73Extended Polytonic Greek, for scholarly edition of ancient texts (Ancient and Roman Greece studies, Byzantine studies, Greek Biblical studies)
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75**N.B.** List of characters from GF Latin Plus and Pro sets that are prerequisites to this set.
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77№ | char | nice name (Glyphs App) | uni name | set
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791|²|twosuperior|uni00B2|GF Latin Plus
802|³|threesuperior|uni00B3|GF Latin Plus
813|¹|onesuperior|uni00B9|GF Latin Plus
824|⁰|zerosuperior|uni0270|GF Latin Pro
835|†|dagger|uni2020|GF Latin Plus
846|‡|daggerdbl|uni2021|GF Latin Plus
857|⁴|foursuperior|uni2074|GF Latin Plus
868|⁵|fivesuperior|uni2075|GF Latin Pro
879|⁶|sixsuperior|uni2076|GF Latin Pro
8810|⁷|sevensuperior|uni2077|GF Latin Pro
8911|⁸|eightsuperior|uni2078|GF Latin Pro
9012|⁹|ninesuperior|uni2079|GF Latin Pro
9113|₀|zeroinferior|uni2080|GF Latin Pro
9214|₁|oneinferior|uni2081|GF Latin Pro
9315|₂|twoinferior|uni2082|GF Latin Pro
9416|₃|threeinferior|uni2083|GF Latin Pro
9517|₄|fourinferior|uni2084|GF Latin Pro
9618|₅|fiveinferior|uni2085|GF Latin Pro
9719|₆|sixinferior|uni2086|GF Latin Pro
9820|₇|seveninferior|uni2087|GF Latin Pro
9921|₈|eightinferior|uni2088|GF Latin Pro
10022|₉|nineinferior|uni2089|GF Latin Pro
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102
103* Archaic Letters and Numerals `Ϛ Ϟ Ϡ Ϝ ϛ ϟ ϡ ϝ`
104* Ancient Greek Textual symbols `⸎ ⸏ ⸐ ⸑ ⸒ ⸓ ⸔ ⸕ ⸖ ⸗`
105* Archaic Punctuation `※ ⁂ ‿ ͜ ˙ ⁖ ⁘ ⁙ ⁚ ⁛ ⁜ ⁝ ⁞ ⊗ ⋮`
106* Greek Metrical Symbols `⏑ ⏒ ⏓ ⏔ ⏕ ⏖ ⏗ ⏘ ⏙`
107* Critical Sigla `̅ ̣ ͙ ‖ ⁺ ⁻ ⁼ ₊ ₋ ₌ ⫽ ⸀ ⸁ ⸂ ⸃ ⸄ ⸅ ⸆ ⸇ ⸈ ⸉ ⸊ ⸋ ⸌ ⸍ 〈 〉《 》「 」〚 〛`
108* Biblical Apparatus `ℵ ℶ �� �� �� �� ��`
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111**N.B.** For certain design cases it is best practice to include inital and final variants of ` ̅` overlinecomb (uni0305):
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113* `overlinecomb.init`, cropped on the left
114* `overlinecomb.fina`, cropped on the right
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116### 2. GF Greek Archaic, 143 glyphs total
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118Archaic, Papyri
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120* Archaic UC `ϘϚϜϞϠϺ`
121* Archaic LC `ϙϛϝϟϡϻ`
122* Variant Letterforms `κρςΣ`, `Θϐϑϒϓϔϕϖε϶`
123* Additional Letter `ϳ`
124* Additional Archaic Letters for Bactrian `Ϸϸ`
125* Symbols `ϼ ☧`
126* Editorial Symbols `ϽϾϿ`
127* Ancient Greek Mathematical Character `⟀ ⟁`
128* Ancient Greek Acrophonic Numerals `������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������`
129* Geometric shape `□`
130* Astrological symbols `★☉☊☋☌☍☽☾☿♀♁♂♃♄♅♆♇♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓`
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132### 3. GF Ancient Musical Symbols, 316 glyphs total
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134* Greek Vocal Notation Symbols
135* Greek Instrumental Notation Symbols
136* Byzantine Musical Symbols
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138### 4. GF Coptic, 137 glyphs total
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140Coptic `U+03E2` – `U+03EF`, Coptic Unicode block `U+2C80` – `U+2CFF`
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142* Coptic Letters `ϢϣϤϥϦϧϨϩϪϫϬϭϮϯ`
143* Bohairic Coptic UC ` ⲀⲂⲄⲆⲈⲊⲌⲎⲐⲒⲔⲖⲘⲚⲜⲞⲠⲢⲤⲦⲨⲪⲬⲮⲰ`
144* Bohairic Coptic LC ` ⲁⲃⲅⲇⲉⲋⲍⲏⲑⲓⲕⲗⲙⲛⲝⲟⲡⲣⲥⲧⲩⲫⲭⲯⲱ `
145* Old Coptic and Dialect Letters UC` ⲲⲴⲶⲸⲺⲼⲾⳀⳂⳄⳆⳈⳊⳌⳎⳐⳒⳔⳖⳘⳚ`
146* Old Coptic and Dialect Letters LC ` ⲳⲵⲷⲹⲻⲽⲿⳁⳃⳅⳇⳉⳋⳍⳏⳑⳓⳕⳗⳙⳛ `
147* Old Nubian Letters ` ⳜⳞⳠⳢⳝⳟⳡⳣ `
148* Symbols ` ⳤ⳥⳦⳧⳨⳩⳪ `
149* Cryptogrammic Letters ` ⳫⳬⳭⳮ⳯⳰⳱ `
150* Combining Marks ` ⳯⳰⳱ `
151* Bohairic Coptic Letters ` Ⳳⳳ `
152* Old Nubian Punctuation ` ⳹⳺⳻⳼ `
153* Coptic Fraction ` ⳽ `
154* Punctuation ` ⳾ ⳿ `
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159### Acknowledgements:
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161GF Greek Glyph Sets defined by Irene Vlachou @irenevl and Thomas Linard @thlinard. Documented by Alexei Vanyashin @alexeiva January 2017.
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