Variation Selector
A variant form is a different glyph for a character, encoded in Unicode through the mechanism of variation sequences: sequences in Unicode that consist of a base character followed by a variation selector character. A variant form usually has a very similar appearance and meaning as its base form. The mechanism is intended for variant forms where, generally, if the variant form is unavailable, displaying the base character does not change the meaning of the text, and may not even be noticeable by many readers. Unicode defines two types of variation sequences: * ''Standardized variation sequences'' defined in StandardizedVariants.txt * ''Ideographic variation sequences'' defined in the Ideographic Variation Database (IVD) Variation selector characters reside in several Unicode blocks: * Variation Selectors (16 characters abbreviated VS1–VS16) * Variation Selectors Supplement (240 characters abbreviated VS17–VS256) * Mongolian (3 characters abbreviated FVS1–FVS3) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Variation Selectors (Unicode Block)
Variation Selectors is the block name of a Unicode code point block containing 16 variation selectors. Each variation selector is used to specify a specific glyph variant for a preceding character. They are currently used to specify standardized variation sequences for mathematical symbols, emoji symbols, 'Phags-pa letters, and CJK unified ideographs corresponding to CJK compatibility ideographs. At present only standardized variation sequences with VS1, VS2, VS3, VS15 and VS16 have been defined; VS15 and VS16 are reserved to request that a character should be displayed as text or as an emoji respectively. These combining characters are named ''variation selector-1'' (for U+FE00) through to ''variation selector-16'' (U+FE0F), and are abbreviated VS1 – VS16. Each applies to the immediately preceding character. As of Unicode 13.0: * CJK compatibility ideograph variation sequences contain VS1–VS3 (U+FE00–U+FE02) * CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A and B variati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Variation Selectors Supplement
Variation Selectors Supplement is a Unicode block containing additional Variation Selectors beyond those found in the Variation Selectors (Unicode block), Variation Selectors block. These combining characters are named ''variation selector-17'' (for U+E0100) through to ''variation selector-256'' (U+E01EF), abbreviated VS17 – VS256. , VS17 (U+E0100) to VS48 (U+E011F) are used in ideographic variation sequences in the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database (IVD). These selectors are known as Ideographic Variation Selectors (IVS). They are not listed in the list of standardized variation sequence, instead they are listed in anotheIdeographic Variation Database History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Variation Selectors Supplement block: References {{reflist Unicode blocks ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology Technical standard, standard for the consistent character encoding, encoding, representation, and handling of Character (computing), text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, which is maintained by the Unicode Consortium, defines as of the current version (15.0) 149,186 characters covering 161 modern and historic script (Unicode), scripts, as well as symbols, emoji (including in colors), and non-visual control and formatting codes. Unicode's success at unifying character sets has led to its widespread and predominant use in the internationalization and localization of computer software. The standard has been implemented in many recent technologies, including modern operating systems, XML, and most modern programming languages. The Unicode character repertoire is synchronized with Universal Coded Character Set, ISO/IEC 10646, each being code-for-code id ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls is a Unicode block containing formatting characters that enable full formatting of quadrats for Egyptian hieroglyphs. The block size was expanded by 32 code points in Unicode version 15.0 (version 14: → version 15: ), and 29 more characters were defined. Block The Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block has four variation sequences defined for standardized variants. Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to expand "lost" sign shading to achieve 'continuous shading' for the following characters: * * * * History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block: See also * Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Unicode block) Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a Unicode block containing the Gardiner's sign list of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Block The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 94 standardized variants defined to specify rotated sig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B is a Unicode block A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ... containing rare and historic CJK ideographs for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. The block has dozens of variation sequences defined for standardized variants. It also has thousands of ideographic variation sequences registered in the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database (IVD). These sequences specify the desired glyph variant for a given Unicode character. It was the only CJK Unified Ideographs Extension block with a UCS2003 source identifier. Since Extension B contained too many characters, the original code charts were produced with a single glyph for all regions. The glyphs were designed by Beijing Zhongyi Electronic Ltd. After the introduction of multi-col ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension-A is a Unicode block A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ad ... containing rare Han ideographs. The block has dozens of variation sequences defined for standardized variants. It also has thousands of ideographic variation sequences registered in the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database (IVD). These sequences specify the desired glyph variant for a given Unicode character. Block History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A block: References Unicode blocks {{CJK ideographs in Unicode ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CJK Unified Ideographs (Unicode Block)
CJK Unified Ideographs is a Unicode block containing the most common CJK ideographs used in modern Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese characters. When compared with other blocks containing CJK Unified Ideographs The Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) scripts share a common background, collectively known as CJK characters. In the process called Han unification, the common (shared) characters were identified and named CJK Unified Ideographs. As of Unicode ..., it is also referred to as the ''Unified Repertoire and Ordering'' (URO). The block has hundreds of variation sequences defined for standardized variants. It also has tens of thousands of ideographic variation sequences registered in the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database (IVD). These sequences specify the desired glyph variant for a given Unicode character. Block History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the CJK Unified Ideographs bl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Transport And Map Symbols
Transport and Map Symbols is a Unicode block containing transportation and map icons, largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' emoji implementations of Shift JIS, and to encode characters in the Wingdings and Wingdings 2 character sets. Block Emoji The Transport and Map Symbols block contains 105 emoji: U+1F680–U+1F6C5, U+1F6CB–U+1F6D2, U+1F6D5–U+1F6D7, U+1F6DC–U+1F6E5, U+1F6E9, U+1F6EB–U+1F6EC, U+1F6F0 and U+1F6F3–U+1F6FC. The block has 46 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following 23 base characters: U+1F687, U+1F68D, U+1F691, U+1F694, U+1F698, U+1F6AD, U+1F6B2, U+1F6B9–U+1F6BA, U+1F6BC, U+1F6CB, U+1F6CD–U+1F6CF, U+1F6E0–U+1F6E5, U+1F6E9, U+1F6F0 and U+1F6F3. All of these base characters default to a text presentation. Emoji modifiers The Transport and Map Symbols block has six emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB&ndas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Supplemental Arrows-B
Supplemental Arrows-B is a Unicode block containing miscellaneous arrows, arrow tails, crossing arrows used in knot descriptions, curved arrows, and harpoons. Block Emoji The Supplemental Arrows-B block contains two emoji: U+2934–U+2935. The block has four standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the two emoji, both of which default to a text presentation. History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Supplemental Arrows-B block: See also * Unicode symbols * Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode The Unicode Standard encodes almost all standard characters used in mathematics. Unicode Technical Report #25 provides comprehensive information about the character repertoire, their properties, and guidelines for implementation. Mathematical op ... References {{reflist Unicode blocks ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miscellaneous Technical
Miscellaneous Technical is a Unicode block ranging from U+2300 to U+23FF, which contains various common symbols which are related to and used in the various technical, programming language, and academic professions. For example: * Symbol ⌂ (HTML hexadecimal code is ⌂) represents a house or a home. * Symbol ⌘ (⌘) is a "place of interest" sign. It may be used to represent the ''Command key'' on a Mac keyboard. * Symbol ⌚ (⌚) is a watch (or clock). * Symbol ⏏ (⏏) is the "Eject" button symbol found on electronic equipment. * Symbol ⏚ (⏚) is the "Earth Ground" symbol found on electrical or electronic manual, tag and equipment. It also includes most of the uncommon symbols used by the APL programming language. Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF) in Unicode In Unicode, ''Miscellaneous Technical'' symbols placed in the hexadecimal range 0x2300–0x23FF, (decimal 8960–9215), as described below. (2300–233F) :1. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs is a Unicode block containing meteorological and astronomical symbols, emoji characters largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' implementations of Shift JIS, and characters originally from the Wingdings and Webdings fonts found in Microsoft Windows. Emoji The block contains 637 emoji and has 312 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for 156 base characters. Emoji modifiers The Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block has 54 emoji that represent people or body parts. For these, a set of "Emoji modifiers" are defined. These are modifier characters intended to define the skin colour to be used for the emoji, based on the Fitzpatrick scale (but conflating the two lightest skin types into one category): :U+1F3FB EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-1-2 :U+1F3FC EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-3 :U+1F3FD EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-4 :U+1F3FE EMOJI MODIFIER F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miscellaneous Symbols And Arrows
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows is a Unicode block containing arrows and geometric shapes with various fills, astrological symbols, technical symbols, intonation marks, and others. Block Emoji The Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block contains seven emoji: U+2B05–U+2B07, U+2B1B–U+2B1C, U+2B50 and U+2B55. The block has fourteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the seven emoji. History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block: See also * Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode The Unicode Standard encodes almost all standard characters used in mathematics. Unicode Technical Report #25 provides comprehensive information about the character repertoire, their properties, and guidelines for implementation. Mathematical ope ... References {{Mathematical symbols notation language ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |