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Unicode Status for Pitman Shorthand

Pitman Shorthand is not yet in Unicode. The script has a tentative allocation at U+1BCB0..U+1BCFF in the Roadmap to the SMP for the Unicode Standard.

Blocks

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None.

Proposals and documents

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

  • 2014-07-28 Encoding Pitman Shorthand scripts into Unicode Character Set — Ramachandran Rajaram (L2/14-167)
  • 2014-10-19 Encoding Pitman Shorthand scripts into Unicode Character Set — Ramachandran Rajaram (L2/14-254)
  • 2015-03-28 Encoding Pitman Shorthand scripts into Unicode Character Set — Ramachandran Rajaram (L2/15-116)
  • 2016-05-01 Open questions (on Pitman Glyphs) requiring further discussion with UTC — Ramachandran Rajaram (L2/16-098)
  • 2016-05-01 Encoding Pitman Shorthand scripts into Unicode Character Set — Ramachandran Rajaram (L2/16-099)
  • 2016-07-17 Encoding Pitman Shorthand scripts into Unicode Character Set (replaces L2/16-099) — Ramachandran Rajaram (L2/16-196)
    • Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Rick McGowan, Roozbeh Pournader, Andrew Glass, Laurentiu Iancu, and Lisa Moore (L2/16-216) (See section 17 for recommendations)