UEB at a Glance

Contractions that have changed

-ble- (ble) com- (com) -dd- (dd)
-ation- (a;n) -ally- (ally) o'clock (o'clock)
to (to) into (9to) by (by)
Sequencing has been abolished
The following words must now be written with spacing as in the print:
and for of the with
a to into by
Some new symbols: Some commonly used new or changed symbols in UEB are:
`a @ at sign
_4 bullet
,- | ",- | .- Short dash | Long dash | __ Underscore
~j Degrees
@s $ Dollar
4 full stop, decimal point and dots in an ellipsis (all print dots)

.0 % per cent sign

_/ / forward slash (oblique stroke)
_* \ backslash (back oblique stroke)
"< ( opening round parenthesis (left round bracket)
"> ) closing round parenthesis (right round bracket)
UEB also introduces the concept of applying modes to a symbol, word, or passage and
thereby uses a common system for indicating bold, italic, block capitals and grade one mode.
For example:
~2 boldface symbol indicator
~1 boldface word indicator
~7 boldface passage indicator
~' boldface terminator (to be placed after the last affected symbol in a passage)
.2 italic symbol indicator
.1 italic word indicator
.7 italic passage indicator
.' italic mode terminator (to be placed after the last affected symbol in a passage)
_2 underlined symbol indicator
_1 underlined word indicator
_7 underlined passage indicator
_' underlined terminator
,,, block capital passage indicator
block capital passage terminator (after last affected symbol including
,' punctuation in a passage; before the next space, hyphen, dash or oblique stroke)
; grade 1 symbol indicator
;; grade 1 word indicator
;;; grade 1 passage indicator
;' grade 1 terminator (to be placed after the last affected symbol in a passage)

For a full list of UEB symbols, refer to: www.ukaaf.org or www.iceb.org