Vertical Forms 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 vertical punctuation for compatibility characters with the Chinese Standard
GB 18030
GB 18030 is a Chinese government standard, described as ''Information Technology — Chinese coded character set'' and defines the required language and character support necessary for software in China. GB18030 is the registered Internet ...
.
In the Unicode specification, has a typo in its name; "BRACKET" is spelt as "BRAKCET".
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Vertical Forms block:
See also
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CJK Compatibility Forms
CJK Compatibility Forms is a Unicode block containing vertical glyph variants for east Asian compatibility. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was CNS 11643 Compatibility, in reference to CNS 11643.
History
The following Unicode-related documents ...
, contains additional vertical compatibility punctuation forms.
References
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Unicode blocks