Symbols for Legacy Computing

Symbols for Legacy Computing is a Unicode block containing graphic characters that were used for various home computers from the 1970s and 1980s and in Teletext broadcasting standards. It includes characters from the Amstrad CPC, MSX, Mattel Aquarius, RISC OS, MouseText, Atari ST, TRS-80 Color Computer, Oric, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, TRS-80, Minitel, Teletext, ATASCII, PETSCII, ZX80, and ZX81 character sets, as well as semigraphics characters.[3][4]

Symbols for Legacy Computing
RangeU+1FB00..U+1FBFF
(256 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon
Assigned212 code points
Unused44 reserved code points
Unicode version history
13.0 (2020)212 (+212)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block
Symbols for Legacy Computing[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1FB0x 🬀 🬁 🬂 🬃 🬄 🬅 🬆 🬇 🬈 🬉 🬊 🬋 🬌 🬍 🬎 🬏
U+1FB1x 🬐 🬑 🬒 🬓 🬔 🬕 🬖 🬗 🬘 🬙 🬚 🬛 🬜 🬝 🬞 🬟
U+1FB2x 🬠 🬡 🬢 🬣 🬤 🬥 🬦 🬧 🬨 🬩 🬪 🬫 🬬 🬭 🬮 🬯
U+1FB3x 🬰 🬱 🬲 🬳 🬴 🬵 🬶 🬷 🬸 🬹 🬺 🬻 🬼 🬽 🬾 🬿
U+1FB4x 🭀 🭁 🭂 🭃 🭄 🭅 🭆 🭇 🭈 🭉 🭊 🭋 🭌 🭍 🭎 🭏
U+1FB5x 🭐 🭑 🭒 🭓 🭔 🭕 🭖 🭗 🭘 🭙 🭚 🭛 🭜 🭝 🭞 🭟
U+1FB6x 🭠 🭡 🭢 🭣 🭤 🭥 🭦 🭧 🭨 🭩 🭪 🭫 🭬 🭭 🭮 🭯
U+1FB7x 🭰 🭱 🭲 🭳 🭴 🭵 🭶 🭷 🭸 🭹 🭺 🭻 🭼 🭽 🭾 🭿
U+1FB8x 🮀 🮁 🮂 🮃 🮄 🮅 🮆 🮇 🮈 🮉 🮊 🮋 🮌 🮍 🮎 🮏
U+1FB9x 🮐 🮑 🮒 🮔 🮕 🮖 🮗 🮘 🮙 🮚 🮛 🮜 🮝 🮞 🮟
U+1FBAx 🮠 🮡 🮢 🮣 🮤 🮥 🮦 🮧 🮨 🮩 🮪 🮫 🮬 🮭 🮮 🮯
U+1FBBx 🮰 🮱 🮲 🮳 🮴 🮵 🮶 🮷 🮸 🮹 🮺 🮻 🮼 🮽 🮾 🮿
U+1FBCx 🯀 🯁 🯂 🯃 🯄 🯅 🯆 🯇 🯈 🯉 🯊
U+1FBDx  
U+1FBEx  
U+1FBFx 🯰 🯱 🯲 🯳 🯴 🯵 🯶 🯷 🯸 🯹
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points


The image below is provided as quick reference for these symbols on systems that are unable to display them directly:

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols for Legacy Computing block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
13.0U+1FB00..1FB92, 1FB94..1FBCA, 1FBF0..1FBF9212L2/17-435REwell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-04-23), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
L2/18-039Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "26", Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals
L2/18-235 (full, no_attach, sources, mappings_zip)Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-07-20), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
L2/18-241Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-25), "19", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
L2/18-275R (full, no_attach, sources, mappings_zip)Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2018-09-06), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
L2/18-300Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "11", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
L2/19-025 (full, no_attach, sources, mappings_zip)N5028Ewell, Doug; Bettencourt, Rebecca; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2019-01-04), Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS
L2/19-047Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "24", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-008Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "E.2", UTC #158 Minutes
L2/20-015Moore, Lisa (2020-01-23), "B.10.17.2", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also
  • Supplemental Arrows-C Unicode block characters U+1F8B0 🢰 ARROW POINTING UPWARDS THEN NORTH WEST and U+1F8B1 🢱 ARROW POINTING RIGHTWARDS THEN CURVING SOUTH WEST
  • Block Elements

References
  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. "Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. "Legacy Computing Sources" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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