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Unicode

The Unicode encoding maps font characters to integer numbers from 32 to 65536. For example, the capital letter "A" has numeric code 65. The English Pound currency symbol has numeric code 8356. In theory, a font can contain up to sixty five thousands of different characters. The whole Unicode range (from 32 to 65536) is logically divided into shorter ranges of character codes. For example, "Currency Symbols" have numeric codes from 8352 to 8399, "Greek and Coptic" symbols have codes from 880 to 1023, "Cyrillic" characters have codes from 1024 to 1279.

Uncial

A calligraphic typestyle that combines attributes of upper and lowercase letters, using large, rounded letterforms. Derived from "uncus," which in Latin means crooked. The half-uncial is another related typestyle; used especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries A.D., made with somewhat rounded separated capitals, but having cursive forms for some letters

uppercase

The large, capital letters of a typeface. Once called "majuscules," these letters were stored in the upper section of the printer's typecase, hence the term "uppercase."

Unicode	The Unicode encoding maps font characters to integer numbers from 32 to 65536. For example, the capital letter "A" has numeric code 65. The English Pound currency symbol has numeric code 8356. In theory, a font can contain up to sixty five thousands of different characters. The whole Unicode range (from 32 to 65536) is logically divided into shorter ranges of character codes. For example, "Currency Symbols" have numeric codes from 8352 to 8399, "Greek and Coptic" symbols have codes from 880 to 1023, "Cyrillic" characters have codes from 1024 to 1279.
Uncial	A calligraphic typestyle that combines attributes of upper and lowercase letters, using large, rounded letterforms. Derived from "uncus," which in Latin means crooked. The half-uncial is another related typestyle; used especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries A.D., made with somewhat rounded separated capitals, but having cursive forms for some letters
uppercase	The large, capital letters of a typeface. Once called "majuscules," these letters were stored in the upper section of the printer's typecase, hence the term "uppercase."