Ligature of As-Written Signs

A ligature made of as-written signs.

Syntax

Any number of Unicode characters (followed by the optional certainty notation) enclosed between equal signs =…=.

Overview

• 𝑆 = any sign (Unicode character) ∉ STOP_SET (cf. Technical Catalogue of Symbols) otherwise preceded by the escape character \.
• 𝑁 = number of characters (represented by char or digits).
• ‽ᵟ ∈ {?, !, ε} = uncertainty marker ?, certainty marker !, or empty string (ε).
• γ ∈ {Low, High, Medium} = certainty level corresponding to the marker used in the notation.
• ◇ᵟ ∈ {⯑, ⯁, ε} = rendering of the uncertainty/certainty marker in the notation or empty string (ε).

See Ligated Signs for the automatic rectification performed by the formatter to improve legibility.

Examples

=abc=

=abc?=

=abc!=

EpiDoc Outputs

=abc=

<ab>
    <hi rend="ligature" cert="medium">abc</hi>
</ab>

=abc?=

<ab>
    <hi rend="ligature" cert="low">abc</hi>
</ab>

=abc!=

<ab>
    <hi rend="ligature" cert="high">abc</hi>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

=abc=

Ligature[medium]
  Plain("abc")

=abc?=

Ligature[low]
  Plain("abc")

=abc!=

Ligature[high]
  Plain("abc")