Shorthand Format Controls is a Unicode block containing four formatting characters for representing shorthands in Unicode.

Block

Shorthand Format Controls[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1BCAx𛲠‎𛲡‎𛲢‎𛲣‎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Being invisible controls, they have no visible glyph but can have a representation.

  • U+1BCA0𛲠 SHORTHAND FORMAT LETTER OVERLAP
  • U+1BCA1𛲡 SHORTHAND FORMAT CONTINUING OVERLAP
  • U+1BCA2𛲢 SHORTHAND FORMAT DOWN STEP

Romanian affix -tsion- Sloan contracted ending oo/o + ZWSP

  • U+1BCA3𛲣 SHORTHAND FORMAT UP STEP

Sloan contracted ending uh/au/aui + ZWSP

History

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

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
7.0U+1BCA0..1BCA34Anderson, 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
"11.1.5 Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
Davis, Mark (2014-05-05), Fix to Script=Inherited values
Moore, Lisa (2014-05-13), "B.14.3", UTC #139 Minutes

See also