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The dot above the lowercase "i" and "j" is known as a tittle.

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What is called the top dot of i?

A dot above a letter is known as a 'diacritic dot'. The common name for the diacritic dot above an i or a j is a 'tittle'.


What do you call the dot above the j?

Tittle


What is the official name for the dot over the letter i?

It is called a tittle The tittle first appeared in Latin manuscripts in the 11th century, to distinguish the letter i from strokes of nearby letters. Although originally a larger mark, it was reduced to a dot when Roman-style typefaces were introduced. tittle According to Oxford Dictionaries, the dot above the letters i and j are called superscript dots.


What are the dots above j and you called?

the dot above the j is call a jot, as in 'last jot and tidle'. there is nothing above a u


Which letters of the alphabet have a title?

A tittle is the nane of the dot over the small case letters i and j and q and o


What do you call the dot above j and i?

The dot over the i was added to help with legibility. The reason a j has a dot, it that at one time in history, it was actually an i, that was later converted into a separate letter.


What is the dot above the j in English lower case?

A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tittle


What is the name of the dot over 'i' and 'j'?

First off, "YOU" is not a letter. I assume you mean "U" and dots above the letter "U" could be a number of things. ü, ù, ú, û, ǚ, ǘ, or ǖ. I'm going to assume YOU (which is not a letter) mean either ü, ù, or ú. The last two have ACCENTS. (I assume you know what an accent is.) The first has an UMLAUT. google it.


What car name begins with the letters HE?

The Henry J.


Is the word tittle Greek or Hebrew?

Neither. The word "tittle" referring to a dot above the letter i or j, is from Medieval Latin.


Who is the Fictional character whose first name starts with j has 4 letters The last name ends in t has 6 letters?

Jack Spratt is a fictional character whose first name has four letters beginning with J and whose last name has six letters ending in T. He is the main character of a nursery rhyme.


When was J-Tull Dot Com created?

J-Tull Dot Com was created on 1999-08-23.