U+FF2C "Ｌ" Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FF2C "Ｌ" Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter L is a variant of the standard Latin capital letter L that occupies the same full character width as East Asian ideographic characters, making it an integral part of the fullwidth forms block used primarily in CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) text environments for visual consistency. Its primary function is typographic, allowing the Latin letter to align neatly within monospaced or character-based layouts where each symbol, including punctuation and letters, takes up an equal square space. This character is typically employed in contexts such as vertical text, plain text formatting in certain email systems, or older computer interfaces where fullwidth characters are required to maintain alignment without changing to a proportional font. Its code point falls within the range of characters designed to map directly from basic Latin letters to their fullwidth counterparts, ensuring compatibility and uniformity in mixed-script documents.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
Ｌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
Ｌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xBC 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFF2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FF2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\uff2c |
Unicode Properties