U+F8FF

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Unicode code point U+F8FF is the last character in the Unicode private use area. Its meaning and appearance vary depending on the font in use, but its usage in several fonts makes it the most notable code point in the private use area.

• Some early Tengwar fonts map Elvish characters to it.
• The Imitari font draws it as a capital eth.
• The font Luxi draws it as the euro symbol.
• The font Webdings draws it as three lines pointing in different directions.
• The font "Standard Symbols L" uses it as one of the box drawing characters.
• The official PRC standard on precomposed Tibetan uses the codepoint for the Tibetan syllable "hwo".
• Some font makers place a copyright statement or other creator's mark at that code point. For example, the dingbats font "DavysDingbats" uses it to display a face, presumably that of the font's creator.
• In most Apple supplied fonts, it represents the Apple logo, or an early version of the command key. On Macintosh computers with the US keyboard layout active, the keyboard shortcut for the symbol is Option-Shift-K.
• The Wingdings font on Windows computers shows the Windows logo.
• The ConScript Unicode Registry suggests it be used for the Klingon glyph "KLINGON MUMMIFICATION GLYPH." This is followed by ex. Code2000.