Dagesh - Unicode Encodings

Unicode Encodings

In computer typography there are two ways to use a dagesh with Hebrew text. Here are Unicode examples:

• Combining characters:

bet + dagesh: בּ בּ = U+05D1 U+05BC kaf + dagesh: כּ כּ = U+05DB U+05BC pe + dagesh: פּ פּ = U+05E4 U+05BC

• Precomposed characters:

bet with dagesh: בּ בּ = U+FB31 kaf with dagesh: כּ כּ = U+FB3B pe with dagesh: פּ פּ = U+FB44

Some fonts, character sets, encodings, and operating systems may support neither, one, or both methods.