A proposal has to be recommended by the Script Ad-Hoc (now Script Encoding Working Group) and reviewed by the UTC (Unicode Technical Committee) before it becomes part of the Standard. The Script Ad-Hoc's response to that particular proposal is found in L2/17-153 <https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf> (section 16, page 11). It was not recommended for encoding; instead, they recommended their feedback to be sent to the author of the proposal. I don't know if that ever happened or if the authors ever addressed it or submitted a revised proposal.
-- Rebecca Bettencourt On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM t.b.y.taoboyu--- via Unicode < [email protected]> wrote: > Unicode mail list, > I am seeking the symbol on the Fn key and have find it encoded as U+1F1AD as > specified in L2/17-072 > <https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17072-symbols-9995.pdf>. > ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 - Unicode > <https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17072-symbols-9995.pdf> > Since then, ISO/IEC 9995-7 was developed further. The last version of the > complete standard dates from 2009. Thereafter, an amendment was released in > 2012 with several new symbols reflecting the need of multilingual keyboards > in support of the cultural diversity. Such keyboards are easily accessible > especially when not being confined to physical keyboards with fixed > engravings. > www.unicode.org > However this code has been representing MASK WORK SYMBOL since Version > 13.0 <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf>. > ^h=2 (y WØ©¢ G$M Ô h NéP> öÚª D ¾r Ç fÌa,õIò.ÎDßAZÍáù kY0Ë Uì%úØÓV dßg - > Unicode <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf> > ^h=2 (y WØ©¢ G$M Ô h NéP> öÚª D ¾r Ç fÌa,õIò.ÎDßAZÍáù kY0Ë Uì%úØÓV dßg > www.unicode.org > And U+1F1AE and U+1F1AF, representing SANS-SERIF CAPITAL U ENCLOSING > ZERO-NINE and SANS-SERIF CAPITAL U ENCLOSING ZERO-F in the proposal, have > not been assigned even in the latest release, Version 16.0 > <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F100.pdf>. > The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0 > <https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F100.pdf> > Range: 1F100–1F1FF This file contains an excerpt from the character code > tables and list of character names for > www.unicode.org > Can anyone answer: > > - Which stage is that proposal in? > - Why is there inconsistence between the proposal and the Unicode > standards? > > > ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35, > I have noted ISO/IEC CD 9995-7 <https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html> under > development. > <https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html> > ISO/IEC AWI 9995-7 - Information technology — Keyboard layouts for text > and office systems — Part 7: Symbols used to represent functions - ISO - > International Organization for Standardization > <https://www.iso.org/standard/90275.html> > Within the general scope described in ISO/IEC 9995 1, this document > specifies symbols for functions found on any type of numeric, alphanumeric > or composite keyboards. Each of these symbols is intended to be considered > as universal and non-language related equivalent of names for the function > they represent. Names of functions and descriptions are given in English > and French. > www.iso.org > Will the coming version resolve this problem? >
