Skip to content
Writing Systems Technical Resources

Unicode Status for Shavian

In The Unicode Standard, Shavian (Shaw) script implementation is discussed in Chapter 8 Europe-II — Ancient and Other Scripts.

The Shavian (Shaw) script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 4.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Shavian (Shaw)10450..1047F4.0U10450.pdf

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

  • 1997-05-21 Proposal to add Shavian to ISO/IEC 10646 — John H. Jenkins (L2/97-103)

  • 2001-06-03 Proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, John Jenkins (WG2 N2362, L2/01-256)

  • 2001-07-14 Revised proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, John Jenkins (WG2 N2362R, L2/01-285)

  • 2020-03-19 Comparison of Quikscript vs. Shavian — Deborah Anderson (L2/20-090)

    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 15.)