Many of the VMS characters are normal characters from Latin scribal conventions (alphabet + ligatures + abbreviations).
These characters are common in languages that use Latin conventions:
a c e d g m ch h i k n o r s u y
and if you include numerals l q d
the x also occurs but is less common.
The char at the end of the first row y is not a "g", it is the abbreviation symbol for "-us" which is typically used at the ends of words.
The primary ones that are not common to languages that use Latin characters are the benched gallows chars. But they did use benches, in the sense of running long strokes horizontally through letters. If the word has ascenders and a long macron is used, it will sometimes bench the ascender.
These characters are common in languages that use Latin conventions:
a c e d g m ch h i k n o r s u y
and if you include numerals l q d
the x also occurs but is less common.
The char at the end of the first row y is not a "g", it is the abbreviation symbol for "-us" which is typically used at the ends of words.
The primary ones that are not common to languages that use Latin characters are the benched gallows chars. But they did use benches, in the sense of running long strokes horizontally through letters. If the word has ascenders and a long macron is used, it will sometimes bench the ascender.
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