ConScript Unicode Registry
The ConScript Unicode Registry is a volunteer project to coordinate the assignment of code points in the Unicode Private Use Area for the encoding of artificial scripts for constructed languages.[1] It was founded by John Cowan and is maintained by him and Michael Everson. It has no formal connection with the Unicode Consortium.
Scripts
The CSUR includes the following scripts:
- Tengwar (E000–E07F) [1]
- Cirth (E080–E0FF) [2]
- Engsvanyáli (E100–E14F) [3]
- Kinya (E150–E1AF) [4]
- Ilianore (E1B0–E1CF) [5]
- Syai (E1D0–E1FF) [6]
- Verdurian (E200–E26F) [7]
- aUI (E270–E28F) [8]
- Amman-Iar (E290–E2BF) [9]
- Streich (E2C0–E2CF) [10]
- Xaîni (E2D0–E2FF) [11]
- Mizarian (E300–E33F) [12]
- Zírí:nka (E340–E35F) [13]
- Sarkai (E360–E37F) [14]
- Thelwik (E380–E3AF) [15]
- Olaetyan (E3B0–E3FF) [16]
- Nísklôz (E400–E42F) [17]
- Kazat ?Akkorou (E430–E44F) [18]
- Kazvarad (E450–E46F) [19]
- Zarkhánd (E470–E48F) [20]
- Røzhxh (E490–E4BF) [21]
- Serivelna (E4C0–E4EF) [22]
- Kelwathi (E4F0–E4FF) [23]
- Saklor (E500–E51F) [24]
- Rynnan (E520–E54F) [25]
- Alzetjan (E550–E57F) [26]
- Telarasso (E580–E59F) [27]
- Ssûraki (E5A0–E5BF) [28]
- Gargoyle (E5C0–E5DF) [29]
- Ophidian (E5E0–E5FF) [30]
- Ferengi (E600–E62F) [31]
- Seussian Latin Extensions (E630–E64F) [32]
- Ewellic (E680–E6CF) [33]
- Unifon (E740–E76F) [34]
- Solresol (E770–E77F) [35]
- Visible Speech (E780–E7FF) [36]
- Monofon (E800–E82F) [37]
- Aiha (F8A0–F8CF) [38]
- Klingon (F8D0–F8FF) [39]
- Kinya syllables (F0000–F0E69) [40]
- Pikto (F0E70–F16AF) [41]
The following were formerly included, but have since been withdrawn as they are now in Unicode:
- Phaistos Disc (E6D0–E6FF) use the Phaistos Disc block (U+101D0–U+101FF)
- Shavian Alphabet (E700–E72F) use the Shavian block (U+10450–U+1047F)
- Deseret Alphabet (E830–E88F) use the Deseret block (U+10400–U+1044F)
In September 1997, Michael Everson also proposed Tengwar, Cirth and Klingon for inclusion in Unicode.[2][3][4] The Klingon proposal was rejected in May 2001,[5] while the Tengwar and Cirth proposals are still under consideration.[6]
Font Support
Few fonts support ConScript Unicode specified code points. However, there are two reference fonts[7] provided by UCSU.
- Constructium proportional, based on the SIL Gentium.
- Fairfax mono-spaced, intended for text editors and terminals.
GNU Unifont is also adding support for ConScript characters.[8]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/
- ^ Proposal to encode Tengwar in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2
- ^ Proposal to encode Cirth in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2
- ^ Proposal to encode Klingon in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2
- ^ Archive of Notices of Non-Approval
- ^ Roadmap to the SMP
- ^ http://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/constructium.shtml
- ^ see http://unifoundry.com/png/csur/uni00E0.png
