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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.

History

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

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.

Since 2008, the ConScript Unicode Registry has been largely unmaintained; in 2008, Cowan explained that Everson was too busy to continue maintaining the project. 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. Scripts added to the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry include Sitelen Pona (for Toki Pona) and Cirth.

Scripts

The CSUR and UCSUR include the following scripts:

Font support

Some fonts support ConScript Unicode specified code points:

• Constructium, a proportional font based on SIL Gentium
• Fairfax, a monospaced font family intended for text editors and terminals
• GNU Unifont, a bitmap font intended as a fallback font, includes CSUR and UCSUR characters in the separate Unifont CSUR package
• Horta
• Kurinto Font Folio
• Nishiki-teki

See also

• Medieval Unicode Font Initiative

References

1. ^ "ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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.
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 languages as Klingon, Tengwar, and Cirth . Allocation of this private space is coordinated by a volunteer organization known as the ConScript Unicode Registry.
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.
5. "Wayback Machine comparison (2002-01-13 vs 2002-06-15)". ConScript Unicode Registry.
6. Cowan, John. "John Cowan". Chester County InterLink. Archived from the original on 2002-07-24.
7. Cowan, John (2008-02-04). "Re: CSUR help". KreativeKorp.
8. ^ Bettencourt, Rebecca G. "Under-ConScript Unicode Registry". Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
9. 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.
10. ^ "GNU Unifont". Unifoundry.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
11. ^ Everson, Michael (21 March 2008). "Roadmap to the ConScript Unicode Registry". Evertype. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
12. User:Vanisaac. "Braille Extended" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-14.
13. 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.
14. ^ "Roadmap to the SMP". Unicode.org. 2015-06-03. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
15. 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.
16. "N2370: Unicode Consortium Liaison Report". The Unicode Consortium. 2001-10-10. Archived from the original on 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
17. "Archive of Notices of Non-Approval". The Unicode Consortium. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
18. 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.
19. "Unifon Extended: U+E6F0 - U+E73F". KreativeKorp. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
20. Bettencourt, Rebecca. "Constructium". Kreative Korporation. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
21. Bettencourt, Rebecca. "Fairfax". Kreative Korporation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
22. "Horta is a remarkably intelligent and sensitive typeface". Christ Trek Fonts. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
23. "Kurinto Font Folio". Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
24. Niwatori, Shiroi. "にしき的フォント" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-14.

External links

• ConScript Unicode Registry
• Under-ConScript Unicode Registry

• Unicode
• Constructed languages
• Information technology organizations