Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls Explained

Blockname:	Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
Rangestart:	13430
Rangeend:	1345F
Script1:	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
12 0:	9
15 0:	29
Note:	^[1] ^[2] The block range was expanded from U+13430..1343F to U+13430..1345F with version 15.0.

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.^[3]

Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to expand "lost" sign shading to achieve 'continuous shading' for the following characters:^{[4] [5]}

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
12.0	U+13430..13438	9		N1944
				N2103
				doc)
				N4818
				doc)
				N4926
				N5001
				doc)
15.0	U+13439..13455	29

See also

• Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Unicode block)

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: Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences. The Unicode Consortium.
4. Book: The Unicode Standard, Version 15.0 . 11.4 Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Lost Signs . Unicode, Inc . September 2022 .
5. Web site: Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. 2021-12-22.