Duployan is a Unicode block containing characters for various Duployan shorthands, including French Duployéan, Chinook Writing, Romanian shorthand, and the English Sloan-Duployan, Pernin, and Perrault shorthands. It is the first block of shorthand characters included in the Unicode Standard.

Block

Duployan[1][2] (PDF)
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U+1BC0x𛰀‎𛰁‎𛰂‎𛰃‎𛰄‎𛰅‎𛰆‎𛰇‎𛰈‎𛰉‎𛰊‎𛰋‎𛰌‎𛰍‎𛰎‎𛰏‎
U+1BC1x𛰐‎𛰑‎𛰒‎𛰓‎𛰔‎𛰕‎𛰖‎𛰗‎𛰘‎𛰙‎𛰚‎𛰛‎𛰜‎𛰝‎𛰞‎𛰟‎
U+1BC2x𛰠‎𛰡‎𛰢‎𛰣‎𛰤‎𛰥‎𛰦‎𛰧‎𛰨‎𛰩‎𛰪‎𛰫‎𛰬‎𛰭‎𛰮‎𛰯‎
U+1BC3x𛰰‎𛰱‎𛰲‎𛰳‎𛰴‎𛰵‎𛰶‎𛰷‎𛰸‎𛰹‎𛰺‎𛰻‎𛰼‎𛰽‎𛰾‎𛰿‎
U+1BC4x𛱀‎𛱁‎𛱂‎𛱃‎𛱄‎𛱅‎𛱆‎𛱇‎𛱈‎𛱉‎𛱊‎𛱋‎𛱌‎𛱍‎𛱎‎𛱏‎
U+1BC5x𛱐‎𛱑‎𛱒‎𛱓‎𛱔‎𛱕‎𛱖‎𛱗‎𛱘‎𛱙‎𛱚‎𛱛‎𛱜‎𛱝‎𛱞‎𛱟‎
U+1BC6x𛱠‎𛱡‎𛱢‎𛱣‎𛱤‎𛱥‎𛱦‎𛱧‎𛱨‎𛱩‎𛱪‎
U+1BC7x𛱰‎𛱱‎𛱲‎𛱳‎𛱴‎𛱵‎𛱶‎𛱷‎𛱸‎𛱹‎𛱺‎𛱻‎𛱼‎
U+1BC8x𛲀‎𛲁‎𛲂‎𛲃‎𛲄‎𛲅‎𛲆‎𛲇‎𛲈‎
U+1BC9x𛲐‎𛲑‎𛲒‎𛲓‎𛲔‎𛲕‎𛲖‎𛲗‎𛲘‎𛲙‎𛲜‎D T L S𛲞‎𛲟‎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 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 Duployan block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
7.0U+1BC00..1BC6A, 1BC70..1BC7C, 1BC80..1BC88, 1BC90..1BC99, 1BC9C..1BC9F143Anderson, Van (2009-05-03), Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS
Anderson, Van (2009-05-03), Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS [zip format of the HTML version]
Anderson, Van (2009-07-24), Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS
Anderson, Van (2009-10-06), Proposal to Include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook Script in UCS
Anderson, Van (2009-10-06), Proposal to Include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook Script in UCS [zip format of the HTML version]
Anderson, Van (2009-10-26), Proposal to Include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook Script in UCS [fonts and data]
Anderson, Van (2010-01-25), Duployan Charts
Anderson, Van (2010-01-25), Duployan Documentation
Anderson, Van (2010-01-31), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS
Anderson, Van (2010-05-03), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS
Anderson, Van (2010-05-12), Guide to Duployan Shorthands and Stenographies
Anderson, Van (2010-05-12), Duployan Texts
Anderson, Van (2010-08-12), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS
Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "C.21", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
Everson, Michael (2010-09-21), On ordering and the proposed Duployan script for shorthands and Chinook
Anderson, Van (2010-09-21), Response to Irish NB comments N3908
Everson, Michael (2010-10-03), Further discussion on ordering and the proposed Duployan script
Anderson, Van (2010-10-05), Quick response to Irish NB comments N3931
Anderson, Van; Everson, Michael (2011-05-30), Resolving chart and collation order for the Duployan script
Anderson, Van (2011-07-19), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS, as approved by WG2
Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C31", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes, Reconfirm the approval of the 143 Duployan shorthand characters in the Duployan block (U+1BC00..U+1BC9F), with the revised ordering as documented in L2/11-215
"11.1.5 Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
Anderson, Van (2012-10-15), Duployan Letter Kk representative glyph change
Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "C.8", UTC #133 Minutes

See also