Egyptian_Hieroglyph_Format_Controls

Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls

Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls

Unicode block

Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls is a Unicode block containing formatting characters that enable full formatting of quadrats for Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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The block size was expanded by 32 code points in Unicode version 15.0 (version 14: 1343F β†’ version 15: 1345F), and 29 more characters were defined.

Block

Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1343x  π“°   π“±   π“²   π“³   π“΄   π“΅   π“Ά   π“·   π“Έ   π“Ή   π“Ί   π“»   π“Ό   π“½   π“Ύ   π“Ώ 
U+1344x  π“‘€   FB   HB  𓑃 π“‘„ π“‘… 𓑆  π“‘‡   π“‘ˆ   π“‘‰   π“‘Š   π“‘‹   π“‘Œ   π“‘   π“‘Ž   π“‘ 
U+1345x  π“‘   π“‘‘   π“‘’   π“‘“   π“‘”   π“‘• 
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

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]

  • U+13443 𓑃 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH LOST SIGN
  • U+13444 π“‘„ EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH HALF LOST SIGN
  • U+13445 π“‘… EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH TALL LOST SIGN
  • U+13446 𓑆 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH WIDE LOST SIGN

History

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

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. [2]
    "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. [3]
    "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
  4. [4]
    "Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts" (PDF). 2021-12-22.
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