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ConScript Unicode Registry
Project to coordinate the use of Unicode's private use area for constructed scripts

The ConScript Unicode Registry is a volunteer project to coordinate the assignment of code points in the Unicode Private Use Areas (PUA) for the encoding of artificial scripts, such as those for constructed languages. It was founded by John Cowan and was maintained by him and Michael Everson. It is not affiliated with the Unicode Consortium.

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History

The ConScript Unicode Registry is a volunteer project3 that was founded by John Cowan4 in the early 1990s. It is a joint project of John Cowan and Michael Everson.5

Historically, it was hosted on both Cowan and Everson's websites (branded as the North American and European sites, respectively); in 2002, the site was transitioned to be hosted exclusively on Everson's site.67

Since 2008, the ConScript Unicode Registry has been largely unmaintained; in 2008, Cowan explained that Everson was too busy to continue maintaining the project.8 Due to this inactivity, Rebecca Bettencourt founded the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry, aiming to coordinate code points for constructed languages until they can be formally added to the ConScript Unicode Registry.9 Scripts added to the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry include Sitelen Pona (for Toki Pona)10 and Cirth.11

Scripts

The CSUR and UCSUR include the following scripts:121314

  Withdrawn   Allocated only in the UCSUR Scripts in the ConScript Unicode Registry1516 and Under-ConScript Unicode Registry17
Writing systemCreator(s)Code rangeNotes
AihaUrsula K. Le GuinF8A0–F8CF
AlzetjanHerman MillerE550–E57F
AmlinMarnanel ThurmanE6D0−E6EF
Amman-IarDavid BellE2A0–E2CF
AthMorioka HiroyukiF4C0−F4EF
aUIJohn W. WeilgartE280–E29F
AurebeshStephen CraneE890−E8DF
BrailleLouis BrailleEB60−EB9FThe Braille Extended block includes all permutations of all Braille patterns as specified in the original 1829 specification, but not otherwise encoded in the Braille Patterns Unicode block.18
CirthJ. R. R. TolkienE080–E0FFUnicode proposal made in September 199719No action taken but Cirth appears in the Roadmap to the SMP20
Cistercian numeralsEBA0−EBDF
CylenianDanae DekkerEC00−EC2F
DeiniDana NutterED00−ED3F
DeraniHoemaıF16B0−F16DF
DeseretE830–E88FWithdrawn after inclusion in Unicode. Use the corresponding Unicode block (U+10400–U+1044F).
D'niRichard A. WatsonE830−E88F
EngsvanyáliM. A. R. BarkerE100–E14F
EwellicDoug EwellE680–E6CF
FerengiTimothy MillerE600–E62F
GargoyleHerman MillerE5C0–E5DF
Glaitha-ARebecca G. BettencourtE900−E97F
Glaitha-BRebecca G. BettencourtE980−E9FF
GraflectAaron PatersonEC70−ECEF
GrawlixesMort WalkerEDF0−EDFF
IlianoreJeff SmithE1B0–E1CF
IranicAli Hossein MohammadiED80−EDAF
Kazat ?AkkorouHerman MillerE430–E44F
KazvaradHerman MillerE450–E46F
KelwathiHerman MillerE4F0–E4FF
KinyaMaurizio M. GavoliE150–E1AF
Kinya SyllablesMaurizio M. GavoliF0000–F0E6F
KlingonAstra Image CorporationF8D0–F8FFUnicode proposal made in 199721Formally rejected by Unicode in 20012223
Lapointe Hexadecimal NumeralsBoby LapointeEBE0−EBEF
LhenaziArthaey AngosiiEA00−EA9F
Martin Hexadecimal NumeralsBruce Alan MartinEBF0−EBFF
MizarianHerman MillerE300–E33F
MonofonSteve T. BellE800–E82F
NijiNorbert LindenbergED40−ED7F
NísklôzHerman MillerE400–E42F
OlaetyanHerman MillerE3B0–E3FF
OphidianE5E0–E5FF
OrokinDigital ExtremesEB00−EB3F
Phaistos DiscE6D0–E6FFWithdrawn after inclusion in Unicode. Use the corresponding Unicode block (U+101D0–U+101FF).
PiktoJohn E. WilliamsF0E70–F16A4
RøzhxhHerman MillerE490–E4BF
RynnanHerman MillerE520–E54F
SadalianWong Sadale Cho ChingF2000−F267F
SaklorHerman MillerE500–E51F
SarkaiHerman MillerE360–E37F
SerivelnaHerman MillerE4C0–E4EF
Seussian Latin ExtensionsTheodor GeiselE630–E64F
ShavianRonald Kingsley ReadE700–E72FWithdrawn after inclusion in Unicode. Use the corresponding Unicode block (U+10450–U+1047F).
SemtogGeorge Sutton, Martin NovyF1700−F18FF
ShidinnQuefei HuangF1B00−F1C3F
Sitelen PonaSonja LangF1900−F19FF
Sitelen Pona RadicalsSonja Lang et al.F1C80−F1C9F
SolresolJean François SudreE770–E77F
SsûrakiHerman MillerE5A0–E5BF
Standard GalacticTom HallEB40−EB5F
StreichTommaso DonnarummaE2D0–E2DF
SyaiBrian LilburnE1D0–E1FF
SylabicaMarcin KowalczykEC30−EC6F
SyrrinDanae DekkerEC00−EC2F
TassaruneseNarylisEDB0−EDDF
TelarassoHerman MillerE580–E59F
TengwarJ. R. R. TolkienE000–E07FUnicode proposal made in September 1997.24 No action taken but Tengwar appears in the Roadmap to the SMP.25
ThelwikHerman MillerE380–E3AF
Titi PulaÐoom EpictooþF1C40−F1C7F
TonalJohn W. NystromE8E0−E8FF
UnifonJohn MaloneE740–E76FIn UCSUR, the block Unifon Extended was added in the code range U+E6F0–U+E73F.26
VerdurianMark RosenfelderE200–E26F
Visible SpeechAlexander Melville BellE780–E7FF
WanyaMax Dominik WeberEAA0−EAFF
Whitaker Hexadecimal NumeralsRonald O. WhitakerECF0-ECFF
XaîniPaul BlakeE2E0–E2FF
ZarkhándHerman MillerE470–E48F
Zbalermornala kmirF28A0−F28DF
ZeseJack EisenmannEDE0−EDEF
Zírí:NkaHerman MillerE340–E35F

Font support

Some fonts support ConScript Unicode specified code points:

  • Constructium, a proportional font based on SIL Gentium27
  • Fairfax, a monospaced font family intended for text editors and terminals28
  • GNU Unifont, a bitmap font intended as a fallback font, includes CSUR and UCSUR characters in the separate Unifont CSUR package29
  • Horta30
  • Kurinto Font Folio31
  • Nishiki-teki32

See also

References

  1. "ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20. http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ ↩

  2. "FAQ - Private-Use Characters, Noncharacters, and Sentinels". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 7 August 2023. As an example, see the ConScript Unicode Registry—a private group unaffiliated with the Unicode Consortium—which has extensive tables listing private-use character definitions for various unencoded scripts. https://www.unicode.org/faq/private_use.html#nonchar14 ↩

  3. Scott, Michael Lee (2009). Programming Language Pragmatics (3rd ed.). Morgan Kaufmann. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-12-374514-9. It also sets aside a "private use area" for such artificial [constructed] languages as Klingon, Tengwar, and Cirth [Tolkien Elvish]. Allocation of this private space is coordinated by a volunteer organization known as the ConScript Unicode Registry. 978-0-12-374514-9 ↩

  4. Cowan, John; Everson, Michael (2023-04-27). "ConScript Unicode Registry". ConScript Unicode Registry. Evertype. Retrieved 2023-08-09. The Registry is the joint project of John Cowan and Michael Everson. John originated the Registry and did most of the work of collecting information and writing preliminary proposals; Michael has been reviewing and revising these proposals into final registrations. https://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ ↩

  5. Cowan, John; Everson, Michael (2023-04-27). "ConScript Unicode Registry". ConScript Unicode Registry. Evertype. Retrieved 2023-08-09. The Registry is the joint project of John Cowan and Michael Everson. John originated the Registry and did most of the work of collecting information and writing preliminary proposals; Michael has been reviewing and revising these proposals into final registrations. https://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ ↩

  6. "Wayback Machine comparison (2002-01-13 vs 2002-06-15)". ConScript Unicode Registry. https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20020113110730/20020615183822/http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ ↩

  7. Cowan, John. "John Cowan". Chester County InterLink. Archived from the original on 2002-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20020724150643/http://mercury.ccil.org/~cowan/ ↩

  8. Cowan, John (2008-02-04). "Re: CSUR help". KreativeKorp. https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/everson.shtml ↩

  9. Bettencourt, Rebecca G. "Under-ConScript Unicode Registry". Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2015-07-21. http://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/ ↩

  10. jan Ke Tami (2022-09-01). "nasin Juniko ala la, nasin UCSUR li lon" (PDF). Lipu Tenpo (in Toki Pona) (moku): 2–3. ISSN 2752-4639. https://liputenpo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0015moku_1.pdf ↩

  11. "GNU Unifont". Unifoundry.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2015-07-24. http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html ↩

  12. "ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20. http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ ↩

  13. Everson, Michael (21 March 2008). "Roadmap to the ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021. https://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/conscript-table.html ↩

  14. Bettencourt, Rebecca G. "Under-ConScript Unicode Registry". Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2015-07-21. http://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/ ↩

  15. "ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20. http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ ↩

  16. Everson, Michael (21 March 2008). "Roadmap to the ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021. https://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/conscript-table.html ↩

  17. Bettencourt, Rebecca G. "Under-ConScript Unicode Registry". Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2015-07-21. http://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/ ↩

  18. User:Vanisaac. "Braille Extended" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-14. https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/charts/Braille_Extended_UCSUR.pdf ↩

  19. Everson, Michael (1997-09-18). "N1642: Proposal to encode Cirth in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2". Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-20. http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n1642/n1642.htm ↩

  20. "Roadmap to the SMP". Unicode.org. 2015-06-03. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-20. https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/smp/ ↩

  21. Everson, Michael (1997-09-18). "N1643: Proposal to encode Klingon in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2". Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-20. http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n1643/n1643.htm ↩

  22. "N2370: Unicode Consortium Liaison Report". The Unicode Consortium. 2001-10-10. Archived from the original on 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-07-20. https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01378-n2370-liaison-rpt-singapore.htm ↩

  23. "Archive of Notices of Non-Approval". The Unicode Consortium. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-20. https://www.unicode.org/alloc/nonapprovals.html ↩

  24. Everson, Michael (1997-09-18). "N1641: Proposal to encode Tengwar in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2". Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-20. http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n1641/n1641.htm ↩

  25. "Roadmap to the SMP". Unicode.org. 2015-06-03. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-20. https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/smp/ ↩

  26. "Unifon Extended: U+E6F0 - U+E73F". KreativeKorp. Retrieved 2024-01-14. https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/charts/unifon-ext.html ↩

  27. Bettencourt, Rebecca. "Constructium". Kreative Korporation. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017. http://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/constructium.shtml ↩

  28. Bettencourt, Rebecca. "Fairfax". Kreative Korporation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021. https://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/fairfaxhd.shtml ↩

  29. "GNU Unifont". Unifoundry.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2015-07-24. http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html ↩

  30. "Horta is a remarkably intelligent and sensitive typeface". Christ Trek Fonts. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-31. http://christtrekker.users.sourceforge.net/fnt/horta.shtml ↩

  31. "Kurinto Font Folio". Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-07-27. https://Kurinto.com/ ↩

  32. Niwatori, Shiroi. "にしき的フォント" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-14. https://umihotaru.work/ ↩