Graphical representation of the Vertical Forms Unicode block
Graphical representation of the Vertical Forms Unicode block

Vertical Forms is a Unicode block containing vertical punctuation for compatibility characters with the Chinese Standard GB 18030.

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".

Vertical Forms[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+FE1x
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 Vertical Forms block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.1U+FE10..FE1910Goldsmith, Deborah; Muller, Eric (2003-10-31), Unencoded chars in GB 18030 & HK-SCS
Suignard, Michel; Muller, Eric; Jenkins, John (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, background document
Suignard, Michel (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, request for additional characters and related information
Freytag, Asmus (2005-05-10), Handling "defective" names
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.

See also