Carolingian G
The Carolingian G or French G (𝗴) is one of two historical variants of the letter G that were in use in the Middle English alphabet. (The other variant is the insular (or Irish) G.). The Carolingian G is named for the Carolingian minuscule script, an exemplar of its use.[1]
(Carolingian) G
Capital yogh (left), lowercase yogh (right)
Insular G
The Carolingian G stands at the basis of the modern letter G, and eventually replaced the insular G as standard form for the letter. The Ᵹ survived for a while as the letter Ȝ before being removed from the English alphabet.
The Carolingian G is the standard letter form for G in all modern Latin-script alphabets.
Footnotes
- The History of G. MedievalWriting.com. Accessed March 30, 2012.
gollark: This is ridiculous.
gollark: They have *multiple* nitroi?
gollark: .. I *guess* so, but why?
gollark: Krist is basically all the things you don't want.
gollark: Headcanon: Google took over the North Pole in 2013 after finding it on Google Maps. They've been using Santa's vast surveillance apparatus to spy on everyone, and "machine learning" is just trained elves.
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