> >>  1.) Swedish ampersand (see "&.bmp"). It's an "o" (for 
> "och", i.e. "and")
> >>  with a line below. In handwritten text it is almost 
> always used instead of
> >>  &, in machine-written text I don't think I've ever seen it.
> >
> >This might be a character in its own right, as different 
> from the ampersand
> >as U+204A TIRONIAN SIGN ET.  Or it might be simply a glyph 
> variant of  the
> >ampersand.

No.

> If you have never seen o-underbar in machine-written text, I
> >doubt that this will help your cause much.  You might try 
> U+006F U+0332,

Yes. (But some write "o.", esp. in the rare event this is typed.)

Similarly, COMBINING OVERLINE and COMBINING LOW LINE
should be used, together with ordinary I, V etc. (when possible)
to get "lined" roman numerals.

> >though this will probably not give you the vertical spacing you expect.
> 
> It is certainly not a glyph variant of an ampersand. An ampersand is 
> a ligature of e and t. 

True (both). ("ampersand" is somewhat of a misnomer.)

> This is certainly an abbreviation of och. That 
> both mean "and" is NOT a reason for unifying different signs.
> 
> Having said that, it seems to me that U+00B0 would represent Stefan's 
> character easily enough.

No. It's not a degree sign.  Nor is 00BA appropriate: the underlined o is
not superscripted/raised (much, if at all).

                Kind regards
                /kent k


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