Gothic (Unicode block)

Last updated
Gothic
RangeU+10330..U+1034F
(32 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Gothic
Major alphabetsGothic
Assigned27 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.127 (+27)
Note: [1] [2]

Gothic is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the East Germanic Gothic language.

In Unicode, a block is defined as one contiguous range of code points. Blocks are named uniquely and have no overlap. They have a starting code point of the form hhh0 and an ending code point of the form hhhF. A block explicitly can include code points that are unassigned and non-characters. Code points not belonging to any of the named blocks, e.g. in the unassigned planes 3–13, have the value block="No_block".

Gothic [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1033x𐌰𐌱𐌲𐌳𐌴𐌵𐌶𐌷𐌸𐌹𐌺𐌻𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌿
U+1034x𐍀𐍁𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐍆𐍇𐍈𐍉𐍊
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 12.0
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Gothic block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
3.1U+10330..1034A27L2/97-102Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Proposal to add Gothic to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-196 N1581 Jenkins, John; Everson, Michael (1997-05-27), Gothic proposal
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June - 4 July 1997
L2/97-255R Aliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Gothic", Approved Minutes - UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA - August 4-5, 1997
L2/98-286 N1703 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.20.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/00-353 Everson, Michael (2000-10-12), Gothic 10330--1034F (draft block description)
L2/00-358 Everson, Michael (2000-10-13), Gothic 10330--1034F (draft block description)
L2/05-068 Scherer, Markus (2005-02-08), Missing numeric value for Gothic Letter Nine Hundred
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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