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Unicode Status for Duployan

In The Unicode Standard, Duployan Shorthand implementation is discussed in Chapter 21: Notational Systems and in UTN 37: Duployan Shorthand Rendering Model.

Duployan Shorthand was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 7.0. The script is now encoded in the following blocks:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Duployan1BC00..1BC9F7.0U1BC00.pdf
Shorthand Format Controls1BCA0..1BCAF7.0U1BCA0.pdf

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 2009-05-03 Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS — Van Anderson (L2/09-184)

  • 2009-07-24 Proposal to include Chinook Pipa script in UCS — Van Anderson (L2/09-283)

  • 2009-10-06 Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS (Fonts+Data, Original HTML) — Van Anderson (L2/09-364)

  • 2010-01-31 Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS — Van Anderson (L2/10-026)

  • 2010-01-25 Duployan Charts — Van Anderson (L2/10-027)

  • 2010-01-25 Duployan Documentation — Van Anderson (L2/10-028)

  • 2010-05-03 Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script in UCS — Van Anderson (L2/10-159)

  • 2010-05-12 Guide to Duployan Shorthands and Stenographies — Van Anderson (L2/10-201)

  • 2010-05-12 Duployan Texts — Van Anderson (L2/10-202)

  • 2010-07-30 Proposal to include Duployan script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS — Van Anderson (WG2 N3895, L2/10-272)

  • 2010-09-21 On ordering and the proposed Duployan script for shorthands and Chinook — Michael Everson (WG2 N3908, L2/10-347)

  • 2010-09-21 Response to Irish NB comments N3908 — Van Anderson (WG2 N3922, L2/10-352)

  • 2010-10-03 Further discussion on ordering and the proposed Duployan script — Michael Everson (WG2 N3931, L2/10-364)

  • 2010-10-05 Quick response to Irish NB comments N3931 — Van Anderson (WG2 N3940, L2/10-383)

  • 2011-05-30 Resolving chart and collation order for the Duployan script — Van Anderson, Michael Everson (WG2 N4088, L2/11-215)

  • 2011-07-19 Proposal to include Duployan Shorthands and Chinook script and Shorthand Format Controls in UCS, as approved by WG2 — Van Anderson (L2/11-303)

  • 2012-10-15 Duployan Letter Kk representative glyph change — Van Anderson (L2/12-329)

  • 2023-07-03 Duployan (L2/23-159 Public feedback, ID20230703124220), ID20230703125212) — Little Miss MOSFET (L2/23-159)

    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point A.VIII.10.)

    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 10 for decision and action items)