Vertical Forms Explained

Vertical Forms is a Unicode block containing vertical punctuation for compatibility characters with the Chinese Standard GB 18030.

In the Unicode specification, has a typo in its name; "BRACKET" is spelt as "BRAKCET".^[3]

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Vertical Forms block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
4.1	U+FE10..FE19	10
				N2807
				N2808

See also

• CJK Compatibility Forms, contains additional vertical compatibility punctuation forms.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Book: The Unicode Standard, Version 13.0 . 4. Character Properties, Types of Character Name Aliases . Unicode, Inc . March 2020 . Mountain View, CA .