Editing Coptic script (section)

===Macrons and overlines===

Coptic uses {{unichar|0304|COMBINING MACRON|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}} to indicate [[syllabic consonant]]s, for example {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲛ̄</span>}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04130-n2744-coptic.pdf|title=Revision of the Coptic block under ballot for the BMP of the UCS|date=2004-04-20|publisher=ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2}}</ref><ref name="N3222R"/>

Coptic abbreviations use {{unichar|0305|COMBINING OVERLINE|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}} to draw a continuous line across the remaining letters of an abbreviated word.<ref name="N3222R">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07085r-n3222r-coptic-adds.pdf|title=N3222R: Proposal to add additional characters for Coptic and Latin to the UCS|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|first2=Stephen|last2=Emmel|first3=Antti|last3=Marjanen|first4=Ismo|last4=Dunderberg|first5=John|last5=Baines|first6=Susana|last6=Pedro|first7=António|last7=Emiliano|publisher=ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2|date=2007-05-12}}</ref><ref name="G24556">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0/ch07.pdf#G24556|date=July 2017|title=Section 7.3: Coptic, Supralineation|work=The Unicode Standard|publisher=The Unicode Consortium}}</ref>  It extends from the left edge of the first letter to the right edge of the last letter.  For example, {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲡ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅</span>}}, a common abbreviation for {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ</span>}} 'spirit'.

A different kind of overline uses {{unichar|FE24|COMBINING MACRON LEFT HALF|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}}, {{unichar|FE26|COMBINING CONJOINING MACRON|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}}, and {{unichar|FE25|COMBINING MACRON RIGHT HALF|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}} to distinguish the spelling of certain common words or to highlight proper names of divinities and heroes.<ref name="N3222R"/><ref name="G24556"/>
For this the line begins in the middle of the first letter and continues to the middle of the last letter.  A few examples: {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲣ︤ⲙ︥</span>}}, {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ϥ︤ⲛ︦ⲧ︥</span>}}, {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲡ︤ϩ︦ⲣ︦ⲃ︥</span>}}.

Sometimes numerical use of letters is indicated with a continuous line above them using {{unichar|0305|COMBINING OVERLINE|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}} as in {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲁ͵ⲱ̅ⲡ̅ⲏ̅</span>}} for 1,888 (where "{{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲁ͵</span>}}" is 1,000 and "{{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲱ̅ⲡ̅ⲏ̅</span>}}" is 888).  Multiples  of  1,000 can be indicated by a continuous double line above using {{unichar|033F|COMBINING DOUBLE OVERLINE|cwith=◌|use=script|use2=Copt}} as in {{coptic|1=<span style="font-size:150%;">ⲁ̿</span>}} for 1,000.