Sutton SignWriting (Unicode block)

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Short description: Unicode character block
Sutton SignWriting
RangeU+1D800..U+1DAAF
(688 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsSignWriting
Assigned672 code points
Unused16 reserved code points
Unicode version history
8.0672 (+672)
Note: [1][2]

Sutton SignWriting is a Unicode block containing characters used in SignWriting, a system for writing sign languages that was developed by Valerie Sutton in 1974.

Block

History

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

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
L2/11-174 Bickford, J. Albert (2011-05-07), Letter in support of SignWriting 
L2/11-217 N4090 Everson, Michael; Slevinski, Stephen; Sutton, Valerie (2011-05-30), Revised proposal for encoding the SignWriting script in the SMP of the UCS 
N4103 Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 
L2/12-321 N4342 Everson, Michael; Hosken, Martin; Slevinski, Stephen; Sutton, Valerie (2012-10-16), Proposal for encoding Sutton SignWriting in the UCS 
L2/12-343R2 Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), UTC #133 Minutes 
N4353 (pdf, doc) Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23 
Notes
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

  • Sutton SignWriting

External links

References