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Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)#U+25A0–U+25CF

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{{short description|Block of Unicode symbols}}

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Geometric Shapes

|rangestart = 25A0

|rangeend = 25FF

|script1 = Common

|symbols = Control code graphics
Geometric shapes

|1_0_0 = 79

|1_1 = 1

|3_0 = 8

|3_2 = 8

|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode1.0.0/Notice.pdf|title=Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum|work=The Unicode Standard|date=1992-11-03|access-date=2016-07-09}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|access-date=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|access-date=2023-07-26}}

}}

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Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.

Font coverage

Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu family include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Geometric Shapes range.{{cite web | url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/geometric_shapes/fontsupport.htm | title=Font Support for Unicode Block 'Geometric Shapes' | access-date=2008-09-17}} Unifont also contains all the glyphs.{{cite web|url=http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html |title=GNU Unifont Glyphs |publisher=Unifoundry.com |access-date=2013-11-12}} Among the fonts in widespread use,{{cite web|url=http://www.fonts.com.hk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=246 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510104601/http://www.fonts.com.hk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=246 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-10 |title=Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS |access-date=2008-09-17 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html | title=Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents | access-date=2008-09-17}} full implementation is provided by Segoe UI Symbol and significant partial implementation of this range is provided by Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode, which include coverage for 83% (80 out of 96) and 82% (79 out of 96) of the symbols, respectively.

Block

{{Unicode chart Geometric Shapes}}

Emoji

The Geometric Shapes block contains eight emoji:

U+25AA–U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FB–U+25FE.{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/|title=UTR #51: Unicode Emoji|publisher=Unicode Consortium|date=2023-09-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-data.txt|title=UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51|publisher=Unicode Consortium|date=2023-02-01}}

The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the

eight emoji.{{cite web|url=https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt|title=UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences | publisher=The Unicode Consortium}}

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|+style="font-size:small" | Emoji variation sequences

style="background:#F8F8F8;font-size:small"

| style="text-align:right" | U+

25AA25AB25B625C025FB25FC25FD25FE
style="background:#F8F8F8;font-size:small"

| style="text-align:left" | default presentation

texttexttexttexttexttextemojiemoji
style="background:#F8F8F8;font-size:small;text-align:left" | base code point▪▫▶◀◻◼◽◾
style="background:#F8F8F8;font-size:small;text-align:left" | base+VS15 (text){{Emoji presentation|▪|text}}{{Emoji presentation|▫|text}}{{Emoji presentation|▶|text}}{{Emoji presentation|◀|text}}{{Emoji presentation|◻|text}}{{Emoji presentation|◼|text}}{{Emoji presentation|◽|text}}{{Emoji presentation|◾|text}}
style="background:#F8F8F8;font-size:small;text-align:left" | base+VS16 (emoji){{Emoji presentation|▪}}{{Emoji presentation|▫}}{{Emoji presentation|▶}}{{Emoji presentation|◀}}{{Emoji presentation|◻}}{{Emoji presentation|◼}}{{Emoji presentation|◽}}{{Emoji presentation|◾}}

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Geometric Shapes block:

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="2" | 1.0.0rowspan="2" | U+25A0..25EErowspan="2" | 79(to be determined)
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11438-emoji-var.pdf L2/11-438]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4182.pdf N4182]{{Citation|title=Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)|date=2011-12-22|first=Peter|last=Edberg}}
1.1U+25EF1(to be determined)
rowspan="10" | 3.0rowspan="10" | U+25F0..25F7rowspan="10" | 8N1138{{Citation|title=Proposal to add new characters (Keyboard related) to 10646|date=1995-01-30|first=Alain|last=LaBonté}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1203.txt N1203]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva|date=1995-05-03|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar|section=6.1.6}}
{{nobr|[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1303d.html N1303 (html],}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1303.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Minutes of Meeting 29, Tokyo|date=1996-01-26|first1=V. S.|last1=Umamaheswaran|first2=Mike|last2=Ksar}}
{{nobr|L2/97-128}}N1564{{Citation|title=Draft pDAM for various additional characters (the "holding bucket")|date=1997-05-15|first=Bruce|last=Paterson}}
{{nobr|L2/97-288}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc N1603]{{Citation|title=Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997|date=1997-10-24|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=7.3}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/98005R.pdf L2/98-005R]}}N1682{{Citation|title=Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 22 for PDAM registration and PDAM ballot|date=1997-12-17}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1998/02n3192.pdf L2/98-320]}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1898_sc02n3192_pdam22_kbdsym.pdf N1898]{{Citation|title=ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 22, AMENDMENT 22: Keyboard Symbols|date=1998-10-22}}
[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1897_sc2n3191_dofc_pdam22_ksymbols.doc N1897]{{Citation|title=Disposition of Comments - FPDAM22 - Keyboard Symbols - SC2 N3191|date=1998-10-22|first1=Bruce|last1=Paterson|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|author-link2=Michael Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/n1903.rtf L2/99-010]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1903.pdf N1903 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1903.htm html], [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1903w97.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25|date=1998-12-30|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/02n3316.pdf L2/99-126]}}{{Citation|title=Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #22 - Keyboard symbols|date=1999-04-14|first=Bruce|last=Paterson}}
rowspan="6" | 3.2rowspan="4" | U+25F8..25FErowspan="4" | 7{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00119-math.pdf L2/00-119]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2191.pdf N2191R]{{Citation|title=Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode|date=2000-04-19|first1=Ken|last1=Whistler|first2=Asmus|last2=Freytag}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00234-n2203m.pdf L2/00-234]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2203.rtf N2203 (rtf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2203.txt txt]){{Citation|title=Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24|date=2000-07-21|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=8.18}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00115.htm L2/00-115R2]}}{{Citation|title=Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83|date=2000-08-08|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Motion 83-M11}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11438-emoji-var.pdf L2/11-438]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4182.pdf N4182]{{Citation|title=Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)|date=2011-12-22|first=Peter|last=Edberg}}
rowspan="2" | U+25FFrowspan="2" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01156-n2356-mathadd10.pdf L2/01-156]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2356.pdf N2356]{{Citation|title=Additional Mathematical Characters (Draft 10)|date=2001-04-03|first=Asmus|last=Freytag}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01344-n2353.pdf L2/01-344]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2353.pdf N2353 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2353.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001|date=2001-09-09|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=7.7 Mathematical Symbols}}
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Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10458-emoji-var.pdf L2/10-458], [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11414-emoji-var-seq.pdf L2/11-414], [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11415-unified-emoji-ref.pdf L2/11-415], and [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11429-emoji-var-seq-list.pdf L2/11-429]

Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents

Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents}}

See also

References

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