| General |
| A1 | use Gardiner character codes or |
| p | use phonetics |
| |
| - | link characters |
| : | stack caharacters |
| * | keep characters on same line |
| () | treat everything inside as one character |
| |
| ! | line break |
| !! | page break |
| !=150% | 150% line spacing |
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| Font selectors |
| +s | hieroglyphs |
| +t | transliteration |
| +l | latin text |
| +i | italic text |
| +g | greek text |
| +c | coptic text |
| ++ | comment (will not be printed) |
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| Character formatting |
| // | shade 4 quadrants |
| h/ | shade horizontal 2 quadrants |
| v/ | shade vertical 2 quadrants |
| / | shade one quadrant |
| #1234 | shade quadrants 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| # | shade character |
| \ | flip horizontally |
| \r1 \r2 \r3 | rotate |
| \t1 \t2 \t3 | flip horizontally then rotate |
| \50% | scale 50% |
| |
| .. | blank group |
| . | blank half-group |
| o | red dot |
| O | black dot |
| |
| Comment indicators |
| [& &] |
| [{ }] |
| [[ ]] |
| [" "] |
| [' '] |
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| Group formatting |
| $r | start red |
| $b | start black |
| $ | toggle color |
| #b | start shading |
| #e | end shading |
| # | toggle shading |
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| Cartouches |
| < > |
| <0 <1 <2 |
| 0> 1> 2> |
| <h0 <h1 <h2 <h3 |
| h0> h1> h2> h3> |
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| Manual placement |
| {{x,y,scaling}} |
| && | merge after |
| ^^ | merge before |
