U+1F1AD: SQUARED FN or MASK WORK SYMBOL?

[Rebecca Bettencourt]

A proposal has to be recommended by the Script Ad-Hoc (now Script Encoding
Working Group) and reviewed by the UTC (Unicode Technical Committee) before
it becomes part of the Standard. The Script Ad-Hoc's response to that
particular proposal is found in L2/17-153
<https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf> (section 16,
page 11). It was not recommended for encoding; instead, they recommended
their feedback to be sent to the author of the proposal. I don't know if
that ever happened or if the authors ever addressed it or submitted a
revised proposal.

-- Rebecca Bettencourt


On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM t.b.y.taoboyu--- via Unicode <
unicode at corp.unicode.org> wrote:

> Unicode mail list,
> I am seeking the symbol on the Fn key and have find it encoded as U+1F1AD as
> specified in L2/17-072
> <https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17072-symbols-9995.pdf>.
> ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 - Unicode
> <https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17072-symbols-9995.pdf>
> Since then, ISO/IEC 9995-7 was developed further. The last version of the
> complete standard dates from 2009. Thereafter, an amendment was released in
> 2012 with several new symbols reflecting the need of multilingual keyboards
> in support of the cultural diversity. Such keyboards are easily accessible
> especially when not being confined to physical keyboards with fixed
> engravings.
> www.unicode.org
> However this code has been representing MASK WORK SYMBOL since Version
> 13.0 <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf>.
> ^h=2 (y WØ©¢ G$M Ô h NéP> öÚª D ¾r Ç fÌa,õIò.ÎDßAZÍáù kY0Ë Uì%úØÓV dßg -
> Unicode <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf>
> ^h=2 (y WØ©¢ G$M Ô h NéP> öÚª D ¾r Ç fÌa,õIò.ÎDßAZÍáù kY0Ë Uì%úØÓV dßg
> www.unicode.org
> And U+1F1AE and U+1F1AF, representing SANS-SERIF CAPITAL U ENCLOSING
> ZERO-NINE and SANS-SERIF CAPITAL U ENCLOSING ZERO-F in the proposal, have
> not been assigned even in the latest release, Version 16.0
> <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F100.pdf>.
> The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0
> <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F100.pdf>
> Range: 1F100–1F1FF This file contains an excerpt from the character code
> tables and list of character names for
> www.unicode.org
> Can anyone answer:
>
>    - Which stage is that proposal in?
>    - Why is there inconsistence between the proposal and the Unicode
>    standards?
>
>
> ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35,
> I have noted ISO/IEC CD 9995-7 <https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html> under
> development.
> <https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html>
> ISO/IEC AWI 9995-7 - Information technology — Keyboard layouts for text
> and office systems — Part 7: Symbols used to represent functions - ISO -
> International Organization for Standardization
> <https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html>
> Within the general scope described in ISO/IEC 9995 1, this document
> specifies symbols for functions found on any type of numeric, alphanumeric
> or composite keyboards. Each of these symbols is intended to be considered
> as universal and non-language related equivalent of names for the function
> they represent. Names of functions and descriptions are given in English
> and French.
> www.iso.org
> Will the coming version resolve this problem?
>
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