Alchemical Symbols (Unicode block)
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|rangestart = 1F700
|rangeend = 1F77F
|script1 = Common
|6_0 = 116
|15_0 = 8
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| special = Unicode alchemical symbols
| fix = Help:Special_characters
| characters = alchemical symbols
| image = Sulfur symbol (fixed width).svg
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Alchemical Symbols is a Unicode block containing symbols for chemicals and substances used in ancient and medieval alchemy texts. Many of the symbols are duplicates or redundant with previous characters.Unicode [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09037r2-alchemy.pdf L2/09-037R2]
Few fonts support more than a few characters in this block as of 2021. One that does and is free for personal use is Symbola 14.0.
Block
{{Unicode chart Alchemical Symbols}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Alchemical Symbols block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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| rowspan="17" | 6.0 | rowspan="17" | U+1F700..1F773 | rowspan="17" | 116 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06360-newton-symbols.pdf L2/06-360]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal on Newton Symbols|date=2006-10-30|first=Tamara|last=Lopez}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07422-kass-alchemy.pdf L2/07-422]}} | {{Citation|title=A preliminary collection of alchemical symbols|date=2007-12-25|first=James|last=Kass}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08313-newton-alchemy.pdf L2/08-313]}} | {{Citation|title=Toward a Proposal for an Alchemy Unicode Plane|date=2008-08-12|first1=William R.|last1=Newman|first2=John A.|last2=Walsh|first3=Stacy|last3=Kowalczyk|first4=Wallace E.|last4=Hooper}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08390-newton.pdf L2/08-390]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal for Alchemy Symbols in Unicode|date=2008-10-27|first1=William R.|last1=Newman|first2=John A.|last2=Walsh|first3=Stacy|last3=Kowalczyk|first4=Wallace E.|last4=Hooper}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09003.htm L2/09-003R]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes|date=2009-02-12|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=B.15.14}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09037r2-alchemy.pdf L2/09-037R2]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3584.pdf N3584] | {{Citation|title=Proposal for Alchemical Symbols in Unicode|date=2009-03-06|first1=William R.|last1=Newman|first2=John A.|last2=Walsh|first3=Stacy|last3=Kowalczyk|first4=Wallace E.|last4=Hooper}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09234-n3603-wg2-54-min.pdf L2/09-234]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.pdf N3603 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54|date=2009-07-08|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M54.10}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09412-n3722.pdf L2/09-412]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3722.pdf N3722] | {{Citation|title=Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4078 (PDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003)|date=2009-10-26|first=Michel|last=Suignard}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09395-wg2-consent-docket.pdf L2/09-395]}} | {{Citation|title=WG2 Consent Docket|date=2009-10-29|first=Ken|last=Whistler|section=Name Changes for Alchemical Symbols}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09335.htm L2/09-335R]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes|date=2009-11-10|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 121-C17}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10119-n3813.pdf L2/10-119]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3813.pdf N3813] | {{Citation|title=Comments on spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8|date=2010-03-21|first1=Robert|last1=Parker|display-authors=etal}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10128-n3818.pdf L2/10-128]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3818.pdf N3818] | {{Citation|title=Further Comments on the spelling SULPHUR vs SULFUR in FPDAM 8|date=2010-03-29|first1=Wallace E.|last1=Hooper|display-authors=etal}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10137-n3828.pdf L2/10-137]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3828.pdf N3828] | {{Citation|title=Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4123 (FPDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003)|date=2010-04-22|first=Michel|last=Suignard}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10152-wg2-report.pdf L2/10-152]}} | {{Citation|title=Brief report from WG2 Meeting #56, San Jose|date=2010-04-28|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23083-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/23-083]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals|date=2023-04-21|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Jan|last2=Kučera|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Peter|last5=Constable|section=5 Alchemical Symbols}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23069r3-alchemical-block-design.pdf L2/23-069R3]}} | {{Citation|title=Revised designs of the alchemical symbols block [Affects U+1F741, 1F747, 1F74C, 1F74F, 1F756, 1F758, 1F763, 1F768, 1F76D, and 1F76E]|date=2023-04-28|first=Kirk|last=Miller}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23076.htm L2/23-076]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #175 Minutes|date=2023-05-01|first=Peter|last=Constable|section=Consensus 175-C17|quote=Accept the glyph changes for the Alchemical Symbols block}} | ||||
| rowspan="6" | 15.0 | rowspan="3" | U+1F774..1F776 | rowspan="3" | 3 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22005-fortune-eclipse.pdf L2/22-005]}} | {{Citation|title=Unicode request for Lot of Fortune and eclipse symbols|date=2021-12-23|first=Kirk|last=Miller}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22023-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/22-023]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals|date=2022-01-22|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Peter|last4=Constable|section=18. Lot of Fortune and Eclipse Symbols}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22016.htm L2/22-016]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #170 Minutes|date=2022-04-21|first=Peter|last=Constable|section=Consensus 170-C11}} | ||||
| rowspan="3" | U+1F77B..1F77F | rowspan="3" | 5 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21224-dwarf-planet-syms.pdf L2/21-224]}} | {{Citation|title=Unicode request for dwarf-planet symbols|date=2021-10-26|first=Kirk|last=Miller}} | ||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22023-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/22-023]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals|date=2022-01-22|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Peter|last4=Constable|section=16. Dwarf Planet Symbols}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22016.htm L2/22-016]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #170 Minutes|date=2022-04-21|first=Peter|last=Constable|section=Consensus 170-C10}} | ||||
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