Uppercase L middle dot (Ŀ) is the Unicode character at U+013F in Latin Extended-A. Official name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE DOT — a capital L with a centered dot, historically used for Catalan geminate L.
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Character Ŀ
Unicode U+013F
Named entity Ŀ (capital L)
Hex entity Ŀ
Decimal Ŀ
CSS escape \013F
Not the same ŀ · Ƚ · Ł
Prefer Ŀ in HTML markup — the capital L in the name matters. Numeric forms and typing Ŀ in UTF-8 also work. For the lowercase letter, use ŀ (ŀ).
Modern Catalan often uses L· (two chars). Ŀ is the older precomposed form — pick one style and stay consistent.
vs Ƚ
Not a middle bar
Ƚ is L with a horizontal bar. Ŀ has a centered dot — different letters.
vs Ł
Not Polish stroke
Ł (Ł) is Polish Ł. Do not swap middle-dot and stroke.
Encoding
Keep UTF-8 declared
Latin Extended-A letters display reliably with <meta charset="UTF-8">. Prefer named entities when encoding is uncertain.
CSS vs HTML
Do not mix escapes
\013F belongs in CSS strings. Ŀ / Ŀ / Ŀ belong in HTML.
A11y
Use real language context
When Ŀ appears in Catalan text, keep surrounding words and lang="ca" accurate for screen readers.
Compatibility
Browser Support
Uppercase L middle dot (U+013F) and its entity forms (Ŀ, Ŀ, Ŀ, CSS \\013F) are supported in all mainstream browsers. Latin Extended-A glyphs are widely available in system fonts.
✓ Universal support
Uppercase L Middle Dot (Ŀ)
Encode with named, hex, decimal, CSS escape, or type the character — same code point everywhere encoding is supported.
100%Browser coverage
Google ChromeSupported
Yes
Microsoft EdgeSupported
Yes
Mozilla FirefoxSupported
Yes
Apple SafariSupported
Yes
OperaSupported
Yes
Internet ExplorerAll versions
Yes
U+013F / ĿFull support
Bottom line: Prefer Ŀ (capital L) in HTML. Use \\013F only inside CSS content. Do not confuse with ŀ (ŀ), barred Ƚ, or stroke Ł.
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Key Takeaways
Unicode: uppercase L middle dot is U+013F (decimal 319) — glyph Ŀ.
HTML: prefer Ŀ (capital L) — also Ŀ / Ŀ.
CSS: use \013F inside content for generated text.
Meaning:Ŀ is precomposed midot — not ŀ (ŀ), not L·, not Ƚ or Ł.
Use Ŀ (named), Ŀ (hex), Ŀ (decimal), type Ŀ directly in UTF-8, or the CSS escape \013F in content. Prefer Ŀ in normal HTML.
U+013F (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE DOT). Hex 13F, decimal 319. It belongs to Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F).
Yes. Use Ŀ (capital L). Numeric forms Ŀ and Ŀ also work. Note: ŀ (lowercase) is a different letter (ŀ).
No. Ŀ is the precomposed capital (U+013F). ŀ is lowercase (ŀ, U+0140). Modern Catalan often uses L + middle dot (·, U+00B7) as two characters instead of Ŀ.
Use it when you need the precomposed Catalan-style capital Ŀ. For everyday Catalan geminate L, many sites prefer L· (L + ·).
HTML entities (Ŀ, Ŀ, or Ŀ) go in markup. The CSS escape \013F goes in stylesheet strings (usually content on ::before/::after).
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Uppercase L middle dot is Unicode U+013F (decimal 319) — glyph Ŀ in Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F). HTML5 names it Ŀ (capital L). Official name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE DOT. Lowercase is ŀ (ŀ, U+0140). Historically used for Catalan geminate L. Modern Catalan often writes L· (L + ·) instead — do not confuse with barred Ƚ (U+023D) or Polish Ł (Ł).
