Shorthand Format Controls

Shorthand Format Controls is a Unicode block containing four formatting characters for representing shorthands in Unicode.^[3]

Shorthand Format Controls
Range	U+1BCA0..U+1BCAF (16 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Common
Major alphabets	Shorthands
Assigned	4 code points
Unused	12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)	4 (+4)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block

Shorthand Format Controls[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1BCAx	𛲠‎	𛲡‎	𛲢‎	𛲣‎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 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^[4]
• U+1BCA1 𛲡 SHORTHAND FORMAT CONTINUING OVERLAP^[5]
• U+1BCA2 𛲢 SHORTHAND FORMAT DOWN STEP^[6]

Romanian affix -tsion-

Sloan contracted ending oo/o + ZWSP

• U+1BCA3 𛲣 SHORTHAND FORMAT UP STEP^[7]

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:

Version	Final code points[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
7.0	U+1BCA0..1BCA3	4	L2/09-184		Anderson, Van (2009-05-03), Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS
			L2/09-184.1		Anderson, Van (2009-05-03), Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS [zip format of the HTML version]
			L2/09-283		Anderson, Van (2009-07-24), Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS
			L2/09-364		Anderson, Van (2009-10-06), Proposal to Include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook Script in UCS
			L2/09-364.1		Anderson, Van (2009-10-06), Proposal to Include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook Script in UCS [zip format of the HTML version]
			L2/09-364.2		Anderson, Van (2009-10-26), Proposal to Include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook Script in UCS [fonts and data]
			L2/10-027		Anderson, Van (2010-01-25), Duployan Charts
			L2/10-028		Anderson, Van (2010-01-25), Duployan Documentation
			L2/10-026		Anderson, Van (2010-01-31), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS
			L2/10-159		Anderson, Van (2010-05-03), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS
			L2/10-201		Anderson, Van (2010-05-12), Guide to Duployan Shorthands and Stenographies
			L2/10-202		Anderson, Van (2010-05-12), Duployan Texts
			L2/10-272R2	N3895	Anderson, Van (2010-08-12), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS
			L2/10-221		Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "C.21", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
			L2/10-347	N3908	Everson, Michael (2010-09-21), On ordering and the proposed Duployan script for shorthands and Chinook
			L2/10-352	N3922	Anderson, Van (2010-09-21), Response to Irish NB comments N3908
			L2/10-364	N3931	Everson, Michael (2010-10-03), Further discussion on ordering and the proposed Duployan script
			L2/10-383	N3940	Anderson, Van (2010-10-05), Quick response to Irish NB comments N3931
			L2/11-215	N4088	Anderson, Van; Everson, Michael (2011-05-30), Resolving chart and collation order for the Duployan script
			L2/11-303		Anderson, Van (2011-07-19), Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS, as approved by WG2
				N4103	"11.1.5 Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
			L2/14-134		Davis, Mark (2014-05-05), Fix to Script=Inherited values
			L2/14-100		Moore, Lisa (2014-05-13), "B.14.3", UTC #139 Minutes
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

• Duployan shorthand

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. Anderson, Van. "Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-10.
4. "Unicode U+1BCA0 SHORTHAND FORMAT LETTER OVERLAP". Codepoints.net.
5. "Unicode U+1BCA1 SHORTHAND FORMAT LETTER OVERLAP". Codepoints.net.
6. "Unicode U+1BCA2 SHORTHAND FORMAT LETTER OVERLAP". Codepoints.net.
7. "Unicode U+1BCA3 SHORTHAND FORMAT LETTER OVERLAP". Codepoints.net.