Vertical Forms is a Unicode block containing vertical punctuation for compatibility characters with the Chinese Standard GB 18030.
| Vertical Forms | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+FE10..U+FE1F (16 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Symbol sets | Vertical punctuation |
| Assigned | 10 code points |
| Unused | 6 reserved code points |
| Source standards | GB 18030 |
| Unicode version history | |
| 4.1 (2005) | 10 (+10) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1][2] | |
In the Unicode specification, U+FE18 ︘ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET has a typo in its name; "BRACKET" is spelt as "BRAKCET".[3]
| Vertical Forms[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+FE1x | ︐ | ︑ | ︒ | ︓ | ︔ | ︕ | ︖ | ︗ | ︘ | ︙ | ||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
History
editThe following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Vertical Forms block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | U+FE10..FE19 | 10 | L2/03-411 | Goldsmith, Deborah; Muller, Eric (2003-10-31), Unencoded chars in GB 18030 & HK-SCS | |
| L2/04-161R | N2807 | Suignard, Michel; Muller, Eric; Jenkins, John (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, background document | |||
| L2/04-263 | N2808 | Suignard, Michel (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, request for additional characters and related information | |||
| L2/05-137 | Freytag, Asmus (2005-05-10), Handling "defective" names | ||||
| L2/05-108R | Moore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Consensus 103-C7", UTC #103 Minutes, Create a "Normative Name Alias" property and file in the UCD. Populate the property with names from the sections "Typos" and "Bad or misleading names" from document L2/05-137. | ||||
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See also
edit- CJK Compatibility Forms, contains additional vertical compatibility punctuation forms.
References
edit- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "4. Character Properties, Types of Character Name Aliases". The Unicode Standard, Version 13.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. March 2020.