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The '''Basic Latin''' (or '''C0 Controls and Basic Latin''') [[Block (Unicode)|Unicode block]] is the first block of the [[Unicode]] standard, and the only block which is encoded in one byte in [[UTF-8]]. The block contains all the letters and [[ASCII control character|control codes]] of the [[ASCII]] encoding.
The letter U+005C (\) may show up as a Yen or Won sign in Japanese/Korean fonts mistaking Unicode (especially [[UTF-8]]) as a legacy character set which replaced the backslash with these signs.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/09/17/469941.aspx Sorting it all Out : When is a backslash not a backslash?]</ref>▼
The Basic Latin block was included in its present from version 1.0.0 of the Unicode Standard, without addition or alteration of the character repertoire.<ref name=Unicode1.0 />
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▲:{{note label|backslash|A|A}} The letter U+005C (\) may show up as a Yen or Won sign in Japanese/Korean fonts mistaking Unicode (especially [[UTF-8]]) as a legacy character set which replaced the backslash with these signs.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/09/17/469941.aspx Sorting it all Out : When is a backslash not a backslash?]</ref>
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