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<h2 id="block">Block</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="17">Symbols for Legacy Computing[1][2]<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1FB00.pdf">Official Unicode Consortium code chart</a> (PDF)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB0x</td><td>🬀</td><td>🬁</td><td>🬂</td><td>🬃</td><td>🬄</td><td>🬅</td><td>🬆</td><td>🬇</td><td>🬈</td><td>🬉</td><td>🬊</td><td>🬋</td><td>🬌</td><td>🬍</td><td>🬎</td><td>🬏</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB1x</td><td>🬐</td><td>🬑</td><td>🬒</td><td>🬓</td><td>🬔</td><td>🬕</td><td>🬖</td><td>🬗</td><td>🬘</td><td>🬙</td><td>🬚</td><td>🬛</td><td>🬜</td><td>🬝</td><td>🬞</td><td>🬟</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB2x</td><td>🬠</td><td>🬡</td><td>🬢</td><td>🬣</td><td>🬤</td><td>🬥</td><td>🬦</td><td>🬧</td><td>🬨</td><td>🬩</td><td>🬪</td><td>🬫</td><td>🬬</td><td>🬭</td><td>🬮</td><td>🬯</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB3x</td><td>🬰</td><td>🬱</td><td>🬲</td><td>🬳</td><td>🬴</td><td>🬵</td><td>🬶</td><td>🬷</td><td>🬸</td><td>🬹</td><td>🬺</td><td>🬻</td><td>🬼</td><td>🬽</td><td>🬾</td><td>🬿</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB4x</td><td>🭀</td><td>🭁</td><td>🭂</td><td>🭃</td><td>🭄</td><td>🭅</td><td>🭆</td><td>🭇</td><td>🭈</td><td>🭉</td><td>🭊</td><td>🭋</td><td>🭌</td><td>🭍</td><td>🭎</td><td>🭏</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB5x</td><td>🭐</td><td>🭑</td><td>🭒</td><td>🭓</td><td>🭔</td><td>🭕</td><td>🭖</td><td>🭗</td><td>🭘</td><td>🭙</td><td>🭚</td><td>🭛</td><td>🭜</td><td>🭝</td><td>🭞</td><td>🭟</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB6x</td><td>🭠</td><td>🭡</td><td>🭢</td><td>🭣</td><td>🭤</td><td>🭥</td><td>🭦</td><td>🭧</td><td>🭨</td><td>🭩</td><td>🭪</td><td>🭫</td><td>🭬</td><td>🭭</td><td>🭮</td><td>🭯</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB7x</td><td>🭰</td><td>🭱</td><td>🭲</td><td>🭳</td><td>🭴</td><td>🭵</td><td>🭶</td><td>🭷</td><td>🭸</td><td>🭹</td><td>🭺</td><td>🭻</td><td>🭼</td><td>🭽</td><td>🭾</td><td>🭿</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB8x</td><td>🮀</td><td>🮁</td><td>🮂</td><td>🮃</td><td>🮄</td><td>🮅</td><td>🮆</td><td>🮇</td><td>🮈</td><td>🮉</td><td>🮊</td><td>🮋</td><td>🮌</td><td>🮍</td><td>🮎</td><td>🮏</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FB9x</td><td>🮐</td><td>🮑</td><td>🮒</td><td></td><td>🮔</td><td>🮕</td><td>🮖</td><td>🮗</td><td>🮘</td><td>🮙</td><td>🮚</td><td>🮛</td><td>🮜</td><td>🮝</td><td>🮞</td><td>🮟</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FBAx</td><td>🮠</td><td>🮡</td><td>🮢</td><td>🮣</td><td>🮤</td><td>🮥</td><td>🮦</td><td>🮧</td><td>🮨</td><td>🮩</td><td>🮪</td><td>🮫</td><td>🮬</td><td>🮭</td><td>🮮</td><td>🮯</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FBBx</td><td>🮰</td><td>🮱</td><td>🮲</td><td>🮳</td><td>🮴</td><td>🮵</td><td>🮶</td><td>🮷</td><td>🮸</td><td>🮹</td><td>🮺</td><td>🮻</td><td>🮼</td><td>🮽</td><td>🮾</td><td>🮿</td></tr><tr><td>U+1FBCx</td><td>🯀</td><td>🯁</td><td>🯂</td><td>🯃</td><td>🯄</td><td>🯅</td><td>🯆</td><td>🯇</td><td>🯈</td><td>🯉</td><td>🯊</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+1FBDx</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+1FBEx</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+1FBFx</td><td>🯰</td><td>🯱</td><td>🯲</td><td>🯳</td><td>🯴</td><td>🯵</td><td>🯶</td><td>🯷</td><td>🯸</td><td>🯹</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17">Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The image below is provided as quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly (although it lacks code points newly assigned in Unicode 16.0): </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols for Legacy Computing block: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Version</a></th><th>Final code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></th><th>Count</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards/CXq4JYfR">L2</a> ID</th><th><a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_JTC_1%2fSC_2/IcW7grUW">WG2</a> ID</th><th>Document</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="10">13.0</td><td rowspan="10">U+1FB00..1FB92, 1FB94..1FBCA, 1FBF0..1FBF9</td><td rowspan="10">212</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17435r-terminals-prop.pdf">L2/17-435R</a></td><td></td><td>Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; <a href="/facts/Michael_Everson/8Se2cLdz">Everson, Michael</a>; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-04-23), <i>Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18039-script-adhoc-rec.pdf">L2/18-039</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "26", <i>Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop.pdf">L2/18-235 (full</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop-no-attachments.pdf">no_attach</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf">sources</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-mappings.zip">mappings_zip</a>)</td><td></td><td>Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-07-20), <i>Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18241-script-ad-hoc.pdf">L2/18-241</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-20), "19", <i>Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18275r-terminals-prop.pdf">L2/18-275R (full</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18275r-terminals-prop-no-attachments.pdf">no_attach</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18275r-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf">sources</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18275r-aux-mappings.zip">mappings_zip</a>)</td><td></td><td>Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-09-06), <i>Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18300-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf">L2/18-300</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "11", <i>Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-terminals-prop.pdf">L2/19-025 (full</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-terminals-prop-no-attachments.pdf">no_attach</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf">sources</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-aux-mappings.zip">mappings_zip</a>)</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5028-19025-terminals-prop.pdf">N5028</a></td><td>Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2019-01-04), <i>Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19047-script-adhoc-recs.pdf">L2/19-047</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "24", <i>Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19008.htm">L2/19-008</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "E.2", <i>UTC #158 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20015.htm">L2/20-015R</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "B.10.17.2", <i>Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162</i></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">16.0</td><td rowspan="4">U+1FBCB..1FBEF</td><td rowspan="4">37</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21235-terminals-supplement.pdf">L2/21-235 (full</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21235-terminals-supplement-noattach.pdf">no_attach</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21235-terminals-supplement-sources.pdf">sources</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21235-terminals-supplement-mappings.zip">mappings_zip</a>)</td><td></td><td>Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2021-12-20), <i>Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22023-script-adhoc-rept.pdf">L2/22-023</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "17 Legacy Computing Symbols", <i>Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21235r-terminals-supplement.pdf">L2/21-235R (full</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21235r-terminals-supplement-noattach.pdf">no_attach</a>)</td><td></td><td>Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2022-01-26), <i>Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22016.htm">L2/22-016</a></td><td></td><td>Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "D.1 17 Legacy Computing Symbols", <i>UTC #170 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Box-drawing_characters/jKI4QHeG">Box-drawing characters</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dingbat/3cP2LIPh">Dingbat</a></li> <li>other Unicode blocks <ul><li><a href="/facts/Box_Drawing/emI9gK0G">Box Drawing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Block_Elements/yJ5E6Nyg">Block Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)/PYP24njv">Geometric Shapes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Halfwidth_and_Fullwidth_Forms_(Unicode_block)/njCFAMqh">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Arrows-C/9Xwxkv6W">Supplemental Arrows-C</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing_Supplement/Fo2lDgw8">Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/cascadia-code-2404-23/">Cascadia Code 2404.23</a> – release notes for <a href="/facts/Cascadia_Code/mHudealc">Cascadia Code</a>, which shows the rendering of Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement characters</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-terminals-prop.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Legacy Computing Sources" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18235-aux-LegacyComputingSources.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>