Editing Batak script (section)

==Punctuation and ornaments==

Batak is normally written without spaces or punctuation (as [[scriptio continua]]). However, special marks or [[Bindu (symbol)|bindu]] are occasionally used.

They vary greatly in size and design from manuscript to manuscript.

{| class="wikitable" 
|+ bindu
|-
! scope="col" | Examples
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Function
|-
| [[File:Batak bindu na metek-1.svg|center|30px|link=|alt=bindu na metek]]
|rowspan=2| Bindu na metek (small bindu)
|rowspan=3| Begins paragraphs and stanzas
|-
| [[File:Batak bindu na metek-2.svg|center|30px|link=|alt=bindu na metek]]
|-
| [[File:Batak bindu pinarboras.svg|center|30px|link=|alt=bindu pinarboras]]
| Bindu panarboras (rice-shaped bindu)
|-
| [[File:Batak bindu judul.svg|center|30px|link=|alt=bindu judul]]
| Bindu judul (title bindu)
| Separates a title from the body of the text
|-
| [[File:Batak bindu pangolat.svg|center|30px|link=|alt=bindu pangolat]]
| Bindu pangolat
| Trailing punctuation
|}