U+A7C3 "ꟃ" Latin Small Letter Anglicana W Unicode Character

U+A7C3 "ꟃ" Latin Small Letter Anglicana W is a specialized typographic form representing the letter "W" as it appeared in the Anglicana script, a medieval English handwriting style used primarily from the 13th to the 15th centuries. This character was added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of the Latin Extended-D block to support historical documents and textual scholarship. Its design features a distinctive rounded, cursive shape with a closed or overlapping upper loop, reflecting the calligraphic conventions of its era. The character helps scholars accurately encode and reproduce medieval manuscripts, particularly those in Middle English, where this variant of the letter "W" frequently appears.