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Latin capitals, some upside down.
The script devised in the early twentieth century for Lisu, using Latin capitals in upright and inverted forms.
Writes Lisu using upright and inverted Latin capitals, with tone written using punctuation marks.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Doubles a familiar alphabet by rotation instead of designing new letters, which meant it could be typeset on existing equipment anywhere in the world — a design constrained by the printing press rather than by the language.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Latin capital letters in their ordinary orientation and rotated a half turn, the two orientations having different values, with punctuation marks used for tone.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.