Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement

Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement
RangeU+1CC00..U+1CEBF
(704 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon
Assigned686 code points
Unused18 reserved code points
Unicode version history
16.0 (2024)686 (+686)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement is a Unicode block containing additional graphic characters that were used for various home computers from the 1970s and 1980s, extending the set of characters provided by the Symbols for Legacy Computing block.

It includes characters from Amstrad CPC, Apple 8-bit, Kaypro CP/M, Mattel Aquarius, Ohio Scientific, Robotron KC, Sharp MZ computers, HP terminals, and TRS-80. It includes a set of semigraphics in the form of 230 "octant" characters, large images split into four "characters", and the "large type" characters used for building large text characters.[3]

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  3. ^ "Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS" (PDF). 2021-12-20.

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