The ConScript Unicode Registry is a discontinued volunteer project to coordinate the assignment of code points in the
Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, ...
Private Use Areas
In Unicode, a Private Use Area (PUA) is a range of code points that, by definition, will not be assigned characters by the Unicode Consortium. Three private use areas are defined: one in the Basic Multilingual Plane (), and one each in, and near ...
(PUA) for the encoding of
artificial script
A constructed script is a new writing system specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of a language or culture like a natural script. Some are designed for use with constructed languages, although several ...
s including those for
constructed language
A constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devised for a work of fiction. ...
s.
It was founded by
John Cowan
John Cowan (born August 24, 1953) is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival. Cowan became the band's bassist in 1972 after the departu ...
and was maintained by him and
Michael Everson
Michael Everson (born January 9, 1963) is an American and Irish linguist, script encoder, typesetter, type designer and publisher. He runs a publishing company called Evertype, through which he has published over a hundred books since 2006.
H ...
but has not been updated since 2008 and is no longer actively maintained. It has no formal connection with the
Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium (legally Unicode, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated and based in Mountain View, California. Its primary purpose is to maintain and publish the Unicode Standard which was developed with the intentio ...
.
Scripts
The CSUR includes the following scripts:
Font support
Some fonts support ConScript Unicode specified code points:
* ''Constructium'', a proportional font based on
SIL Gentium.
* ''Fairfax HD'', a monospaced font intended for text editors and terminals.
* ''
GNU Unifont
GNU Unifont is a free Unicode bitmap font using an intermediate bitmapped font format created by Roman Czyborra. The main Unifont covers all of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). The "upper" companion covers significant parts of the Supplemen ...
'', a bitmap font intended as a fallback font, includes CSUR characters in the separate ''Unifont CSUR'' package.
* ''Horta''
* ''Kurinto'' Font Folio
See also
*
Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
In digital typography, the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative (MUFI) is a project which aims to coordinate the encoding and display of special characters in medieval texts written in the Latin alphabet, which are not encoded as part of Unicode.
...
References
External links
ConScript Unicode Registry(old)
Under-ConScript Unicode Registry(new)
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Constructed languages
Information technology organizations
Computer-related introductions in 1993