Symbols for Legacy Computing

Symbols for Legacy Computing
Symbols for Legacy Computing
Range	U+1FB00..U+1FBFF; (256 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Common
Assigned	212 code points
Unused	44 reserved code points
Unicode version history
13.0 (2020)	212 (+212)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

Symbols for Legacy Computing is a

Oric, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, TRS-80, Minitel, Teletext, ATASCII, PETSCII, ZX80, and ZX81 character sets, as well as semigraphics characters.^[3]^[4]

A supplement block was approved in 2022 for inclusion in Unicode 16.0.[5]

Block

This table contains uncommon Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the intended characters.

Symbols for Legacy Computing^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+1FB0x	🬀	🬁	🬂	🬃	🬄	🬅	🬆	🬇	🬈	🬉	🬊	🬋	🬌	🬍	🬎	🬏
U+1FB1x	🬐	🬑	🬒	🬓	🬔	🬕	🬖	🬗	🬘	🬙	🬚	🬛	🬜	🬝	🬞	🬟
U+1FB2x	🬠	🬡	🬢	🬣	🬤	🬥	🬦	🬧	🬨	🬩	🬪	🬫	🬬	🬭	🬮	🬯
U+1FB3x	🬰	🬱	🬲	🬳	🬴	🬵	🬶	🬷	🬸	🬹	🬺	🬻	🬼	🬽	🬾	🬿
U+1FB4x	🭀	🭁	🭂	🭃	🭄	🭅	🭆	🭇	🭈	🭉	🭊	🭋	🭌	🭍	🭎	🭏
U+1FB5x	🭐	🭑	🭒	🭓	🭔	🭕	🭖	🭗	🭘	🭙	🭚	🭛	🭜	🭝	🭞	🭟
U+1FB6x	🭠	🭡	🭢	🭣	🭤	🭥	🭦	🭧	🭨	🭩	🭪	🭫	🭬	🭭	🭮	🭯
U+1FB7x	🭰	🭱	🭲	🭳	🭴	🭵	🭶	🭷	🭸	🭹	🭺	🭻	🭼	🭽	🭾	🭿
U+1FB8x	🮀	🮁	🮂	🮃	🮄	🮅	🮆	🮇	🮈	🮉	🮊	🮋	🮌	🮍	🮎	🮏
U+1FB9x	🮐	🮑	🮒		🮔	🮕	🮖	🮗	🮘	🮙	🮚	🮛	🮜	🮝	🮞	🮟
U+1FBAx	🮠	🮡	🮢	🮣	🮤	🮥	🮦	🮧	🮨	🮩	🮪	🮫	🮬	🮭	🮮	🮯
U+1FBBx	🮰	🮱	🮲	🮳	🮴	🮵	🮶	🮷	🮸	🮹	🮺	🮻	🮼	🮽	🮾	🮿
U+1FBCx	🯀	🯁	🯂	🯃	🯄	🯅	🯆	🯇	🯈	🯉	🯊
U+1FBDx
U+1FBEx
U+1FBFx	🯰	🯱	🯲	🯳	🯴	🯵	🯶	🯷	🯸	🯹
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The image below is provided as quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly:

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols for Legacy Computing block:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
13.0	U+1FB00..1FB92, 1FB94..1FBCA, 1FBF0..1FBF9	212	L2/17-435R		Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Everson, Michael ; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-04-23), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
			L2/18-039		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "26", Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals
			L2/18-235 (full, no_attach, sources, mappings_zip)		Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael ; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-07-20), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
			L2/18-241		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-25), "19", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
			L2/18-275R (full, no_attach, sources, mappings_zip)		Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael ; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-09-06), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
			L2/18-300		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "11", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-025 (full, no_attach, sources, mappings_zip)	N5028	Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael ; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2019-01-04), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
			L2/19-047		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "24", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-008		Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "E.2", UTC #158 Minutes
			L2/20-015		Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "B.10.17.2", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ "Legacy Computing Sources" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ "Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline". www.unicode.org.

[final-6] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[1] "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[2] "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[3] "Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[4] "Legacy Computing Sources" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[5] "Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline". www.unicode.org.

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