<div style="font-family: 'verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;">I also noted, that newer keyboards include an AI assistant key, which replaces the menu key, but sends another keycode sequence than the menu key, including the F23 key, which is absent from many keyboards.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: 'verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000;">I am aware, than Unicode won't encode characters protected by trademark laws like the Apple or Windows logo. The closest character which could be to represent an AI assistant is U+1F481 (INFORMATION DESK OFFICER) which is unified with the "person tipping hand" emoji. As I expect other OS vendors to include their own AI assistant keys, I wonder if a standardized AI assistant keyboard symbol, which does not depict the Microsoft Copilot symbol would be useful.</div>
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<div><strong>Gesendet: </strong>Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2025 um 01:20</div>
<div><strong>Von: </strong>"Rebecca Bettencourt via Unicode" <unicode@corp.unicode.org></div>
<div><strong>An: </strong>"t.b.y.taoboyu@foxmail.com" <t.b.y.taoboyu@foxmail.com></div>
<div><strong>CC: </strong>"unicode@corp.unicode.org" <unicode@corp.unicode.org>,"anatole.bouvierdyvoire@afnor.org" <anatole.bouvierdyvoire@afnor.org></div>
<div><strong>Betreff: </strong>Re: U+1F1AD: SQUARED FN or MASK WORK SYMBOL?</div>
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<div>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 <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">L2/17-153</a> (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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><br>-- Rebecca Bettencourt</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM t.b.y.taoboyu--- via Unicode <<a href="mailto:unicode@corp.unicode.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">unicode@corp.unicode.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos , Aptos_EmbeddedFont , Aptos_MSFontService , Calibri , Helvetica , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #000000;"> I am seeking the symbol on the <code>Fn</code> key and have find it encoded as <code>U+1F1AD</code> as specified in <a id="m_-3661506086273327314LPlnk304397" title="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17072-symbols-9995.pdf" href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17072-symbols-9995.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> L2/17-072</a>.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos , Aptos_EmbeddedFont , Aptos_MSFontService , Calibri , Helvetica , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #000000;">However this code has been representing <code>MASK WORK SYMBOL</code> since <a id="m_-3661506086273327314LPlnk853310" title="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf" href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Version 13.0</a>.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos , Aptos_EmbeddedFont , Aptos_MSFontService , Calibri , Helvetica , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #000000;">And <code>U+1F1AE</code> and <code>U+1F1AF</code>, representing <code>SANS-SERIF CAPITAL U ENCLOSING ZERO-NINE</code> and <code>SANS-SERIF CAPITAL U ENCLOSING ZERO-F</code> in the proposal, have not been assigned even in the <a id="m_-3661506086273327314LPlnk772664" title="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F100.pdf" href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F100.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> latest release, Version 16.0</a>.</div>
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<div>Which stage is that proposal in?</div>
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<div>Why is there inconsistence between the proposal and the Unicode standards?</div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos , Aptos_EmbeddedFont , Aptos_MSFontService , Calibri , Helvetica , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #000000;">I have noted <a id="m_-3661506086273327314LPlnkOWAe8919eef-d810-afac-6137-38741aba0ea4" href="https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> ISO/IEC CD 9995-7</a> under development.</div>
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