Duployan (Unicode block) explained

Blockname:	Duployan
Rangestart:	1BC00
Rangeend:	1BC9F
Script1:	Duployan
Alphabets:	Duployéan, Chinook, Romanian shorthand, Sloan-Duployan, Pernin, Perrault
7 0:	143
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

Duployan is a Unicode block containing characters for various Duployan shorthands, including French Duployéan, Chinook Writing, Romanian shorthand, and the English Sloan-Duployan, Pernin, and Perrault shorthands.^[3] It is the first block of shorthand characters included in the Unicode Standard.^[1]

Block

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Duployan block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
7.0	U+1BC00..1BC6A, 1BC70..1BC7C, 1BC80..1BC88, 1BC90..1BC99, 1BC9C..1BC9F	143
				N3895
				N3908
				N3922
				N3931
				N3940
				N4088
				N4103

See also

• Shorthand Format Controls

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Web site: Anderson. Van. Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS. 16 June 2014.