Blackletter

Capture all blackletter forms (including variant forms in textura and rotunda (which mostly resemble "U"), and bastarda (which mostly resemble "V") as V

Textura

Example	Capture as	Comment
	V	Std. textura U-like "V"
	V	Std. textura U-like "V"
	V	Std. textura U-like "V"
	Vvhe~	Std. textura U-like "V" combined with "v" to mean "W"
	Vvhere	Std. textura U-like "V" combined with "v" to mean "W"
	Vvhose	Std. textura U-like "V" combined with "v" to mean "W"
	Vhose	Std. textura U-like "V" used in role of "W"
	Vvho	Std. textura U-like "V" combined with "v" to mean "W"
	Vhere	Std. textura U-like "V" used in role of "W"

Note the equivalence assumed here between the blackletter "U"-like V and the Roman V:

K Know thou thy self: soule slainyng sinne, N Nip in the head, ere it begin. E Endeuour not to clime to hye: V Vse not the needy to denye. E Exalt the hiest with praises oft: T That thou mayst mount the skies aloft.

Bastarda and Fraktur

Example	Capture as	Comment
	V	Std. bastarda V-like V. (resembles swash V but capture as V)
	V	Std. bastarda V-like V. (resembles swash V but capture as V)
	V	Elaborated bastarda V-like V. (resembles high-left V; capture as V)
	Von	Fraktur(?) V

Rotunda

Example	Capture as	Comment
	Vv	Rotunda U-like V paired with lower-case v
	V	Rotunda U-like V
	Vvherefore	Rotunda U-like V paired with lower-case v to serve as "W"

Italic

In italic fonts, distinguish between three forms: "U" "V" and "&V;". Capture the standard (but uncommon) rounded U form as "U"; the pointed "V" form as "V" and the 'swash' form as "&V;"

Rounded standard U (rare)

Example	Capture as	Comment
	Utrecht	Upper-case rounded U
	United	Upper-case rounded U
	Usher	Upper-case rounded U
	GOVERNOUR	Upper-case rounded roman U (but treat as italic); contrasted with pointed V

Pointed standard V

Example	Capture as	Comment
	Vitae	Upper-case pointed V
	Vxor	Upper-case pointed V
	DAVIS	Upper-case pointed V
	HANVY,	Upper-case pointed V
	Vaughan	Upper-case pointed V
	REVEN&V;ES.	Upper-case pointed V contrasted with swash-V
	V	Upper-case pointed V

Ambiguous 'swash' form of upper-case U/V

Example	Capture as	Comment
	&V;	Upper-case italic swash-V
	&V;ernar
	PL&V;NKET	Upper-case italic swash-V
	CO&V;NCIL	Upper-case italic swash-V
	LA&V;GHLIN	Upper-case italic swash-V
	H&V;BBERT	Upper-case italic swash-V
	SHAFTSB&V;RY	Upper-case italic swash-V
	LIE&V;TENANTS	Upper-case italic swash-V
	D&V;BLIN,	Upper-case italic swash-V
	B&V;SIE	Upper-case italic swash-V
	D&V;FFY	Upper-case italic swash-V
	CO&V;NSELLORS	Upper-case italic swash-V
	M&V;RPHY	Upper-case italic swash-V
	&V;ice,	Upper-case italic swash-V
	NARATI&V;E	Upper-case italic swash-V
	HAN&V;Y	Upper-case italic swash-V

Roman

Roman U and V rarely cause problems. The only possibly ambiguous form is probably the plain rounded U without any vertical descender extending to the baseline on the right side. Treat this as "U".

Example	Capture as	Comment
	U	Upper-case Roman U
	V	Upper-case Roman V
	U	Upper-case Roman 'round-bottomed' U

Blackletter and Fraktur

There are distinct forms for "u" and "v". Capture the u as u and the v as v.

Example	Capture as	Comment
	u	Textura lower-case u.
	u,	Textura lower-case u.
	much	Rotunda lower-case u.
	v	Textura lower-case v.
	v	Textura lower-case v.
	v	Rotunda lower-case v.
	vs	Rotunda lower-case v.
	zu	Fraktur lower-case u.
	vnd	Fraktur lower-case v.

Italic

Capture the standard rounded form as "u"; the pointed, hunch-shouldered form as "v"; and the 'swash' form (which does not seem to enjoy the same ambiguity as its upper-case counterpart) also as v.

Standard lower-case u

Example	Capture as	Comment
	sicut	Italic lower-case u.
	tua,	Italic lower-case u.
	our	Italic lower-case u.

Lowercase high-left (or 'hunch-shouldered') v

Example	Capture as	Comment
	vine	Lower-case italic 'high-left' v
	vxor	Lower-case italic 'high-left' v
	vs	Lower-case italic 'high-left' v

Lowercase swash v

Example	Capture as	Comment
	vxor,	Lower-case italic 'swash v'
	vitis,	Lower-case italic 'swash v'
	vir	Lower-case italic 'swash v'
	viuentium,	Lower-case italic 'swash v', contrasted with 'u'
	variety	Lower-case italic 'swash v'

If you do not recognize the typeface, or if the letter is exceptional, capture it as U or V depending on its general appearance.

Example	Capture as	Comment
	V