Gaps

Physical losses of the support that resulted in the disappearance of portions of the original text; the extent of the loss can be certain, estimated, or unknown.

Delimiters

SideSignNameUnicode
Left[Left Square BracketU+005B
Right]Right Square BracketU+005D
ConstructDefinitionGeneral Reference
Gap-KnownA gap of known extent. The editor indicates a precise number of missing characters by repeating a gap sign inside square brackets.🔎 Plain
Gap-RangeA gap whose extent is expressed as a plausible numeric range.🔎 Whitespace
Gap-UnknownA gap of unknown extent.🔎 Whitespace