Graphical representation of the Gothic Unicode block.
Graphical representation of the Gothic Unicode block.

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

Gothic[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1033x𐌰𐌱𐌲𐌳𐌴𐌵𐌶𐌷𐌸𐌹𐌺𐌻𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌿
U+1034x𐍀𐍁𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐍆𐍇𐍈𐍉𐍊
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 Gothic block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.1U+10330..1034A27L2/97-102Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Proposal to add Gothic to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-196Jenkins, John; Everson, Michael (1997-05-27), Gothic proposal
L2/97-288Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.1", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
Aliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Gothic", Approved Minutes – UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA – August 4-5, 1997
L2/98-286Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.20.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
Everson, Michael (2000-10-12), Gothic 10330--1034F (draft block description)
Everson, Michael (2000-10-13), Gothic 10330--1034F (draft block description)
Scherer, Markus (2005-02-08), Missing numeric value for Gothic Letter Nine Hundred
Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "Properties - Gothic Letter Nine Hundred (B.14.5)", UTC #102 Minutes
McGowan, Rick (2006-02-01), "properties of U+10341 GOTHIC LETTER NINETY", Comments on Public Review Issues (October 29, 2005 - January 30, 2006)
Moore, Lisa (2006-02-13), "Consensus 106-C26", UTC #106 Minutes, Align the properties of U+10341 GOTHIC LETTER NINETY with U+1034A GOTHIC LETTER NINE HUNDRED -- change the general category of U+10341 from Lo to Nl