Quivira 3.2

Quivira 3.2 contains 7,535 characters.

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Version History

This page lists the Unicode blocks that were newly supported in each version of Quivira.

With each version of Quivira, new characters were added. The following list shows which Unicode blocks were added or completed in each version.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Ideographic Description Characters (complete, 12 characters)
• Lisu (complete, 48 characters)
• Private Use Area: Chess Symbols Extended-A (miscellanous uncommon chess pieces, 20 characters)
• Private Use Area: Chess Symbols Extended-B (turned and combined chess pieces, 34 characters)
• Ancient Greek Numbers (complete, 75 characters)
• Ancient Symbols (complete, 12 characters)
• Musical Symbols (83 characters)
• Ancient Greek Musical Notation (complete, 70 characters)

Summary

7,535 characters in total, 354 new characters since version 3.1.

With version 3.1, Quivira now complies with Unicode 5.2. In Unicode 5.2 new character definitions have been added to existing blocks. Thus in Quivira 3.1 these blocks were completed again, although they had already been marked as completed in previous versions.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Cyrillic Supplement (completed, 2 new characters)
• Currency Symbols (completed, 3 new characters)
• Number Forms (completed, 4 new characters)
• Miscellanous Technical (completed, 1 new character)
• Miscellaneous Symbols (40 new characters, mostly gender and weather symbols)
• Supplemental Arrows-B (complete, 128 characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols and Arrows (completed, 5 new characters)
• Latin Extended-C (completed, 3 new characters)
• Coptic (completed, 7 new characters)
• Cyrillic Extended-A (complete, 32 characters)
• Cyrillic Extended-B (complete, 78 characters)
• Lycian (complete, 29 characters)
• Carian (complete, 49 characters)
• Lydian (complete, 27 characters)

Summary

7,181 characters in total, 408 new characters since version 3.0.

With version 3.0, Quivira now complies with Unicode 5.1. In Unicode 5.1 new character definitions have been added to existing blocks. Thus in Quivira 3.0 these blocks were completed again, although they had already been marked as completed in previous versions.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Greek and Coptic (completed, 7 new characters)
• Cyrillic (completed, 1 new character)
• Cyrillic Supplement (completed, 16 new characters)
• Latin Extended Additional (completed, 10 new characters)
• Letterlike Symbols (completed, 1 new character)
• Number Forms (completed, 4 new characters)
• Miscellanous Mathematical Symbols-A (completed, 5 new characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols and Arrows (completed, 51 new characters)
• Latin Extended-C (completed, 12 new characters)
• Modifier Tone Letters (completed, 5 new characters)
• Latin Extended-D (complete, 114 characters)
• Private Use Area: Laundry Symbols (64 characters)
• Private Use Area: Control Pictures Supplement (6 new characters)
• Domino Tiles (complete, 100 characters)

Summary

6,773 characters in total, 393 new characters since version 2.6.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Cherokee (complete, 85 characters)
• Supplemental Arrows-A (complete, 16 characters)
• Miscellanous Mathematical Symbols-B (complete, 128 characters)
• Yijing Hexagram Symbols (complete, 64 characters)
• Tai Xuan Jing Symbols (complete, 87 characters)

Summary

6,374 characters in total, 380 new characters since version 2.5.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Letterlike Symbols (completed, 13 new characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols (completed, 23 new characters)
• Dingbats (46 new characters)
• Tifinagh (complete, 55 characters)
• Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (217 new characters)

Summary

5,994 characters in total, 354 new characters since version 2.4.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Tagalog (complete, 20 characters)
• Hanunoo (complete, 23 characters)
• Buhid (complete, 20 characters)
• Tagbanwa (complete, 18 characters)
• Supplemental Mathematical Operators (complete, 256 characters)
• Private Use Area: Various Symbols (26 characters)
• Private Use Area: Combining Subscripts (15 characters)

Summary

5,640 characters in total, 378 new characters since version 2.3.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Combining Diacritical Marks (complete, 111 characters)
• Hebrew (completed, 36 new characters)
• Georgian (complete, 83 characters)
• Geometric Shapes (completed, 81 characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols and Arrows (complete, 31 characters)
• Georgian Supplement (complete, 38 characters)

Summary

5,262 characters in total, 380 new characters since version 2.2.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Ogham (complete, 29 characters)
• Runic (complete, 81 characters)
• Arrows (completed, 93 new characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols (30 new characters)
• Old Italic (complete, 35 characters)
• Gothic (complete, 27 characters)

Summary

4,882 characters in total, 295 new characters since version 2.1.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Armenian (complete, 86 characters)
• Greek Extended (complete, 233 characters)
• Modifier Tone Letters (complete, 27 characters)
• Alphabetic Presentation Forms (completed, 5 new characters)

Summary

4,587 characters in total, 351 new characters since version 2.0.

Version 2.0 was the first one compliant to Unicode 5.0. In Unicode 5.0 new character definitions had been added to existing blocks. Thus in Quivira 2.0 these blocks were completed again, although they had already been marked as completed in previous versions.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Latin Extended-B (completed, 14 new characters)
• Greek and Coptic (completed, 3 new characters)
• Cyrillic (completed, 7 new characters)
• Cyrillic Supplement (completed, 4 new characters)
• Letterlike Symbols (24 new characters)
• Number Forms (completed, 1 new character)
• Miscellanous Technical (completed, 228 new characters)
• Miscellanous Mathematical Symbols-A (completed, 4 new characters)
• Latin Extended-C (complete, 17 characters)
• Private Use Area: Partially Enclosed Alphanumerics (4 new characters)
• Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (183 new characters)

Summary

4,236 characters in total, 489 new characters since version 1.8.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Greek and Coptic (completed, 51 new characters)
• Hebrew (56 characters)
• Optical Character Recognition (complete, 11 characters)
• Box Drawing (completed, 88 new characters)
• Block Elements (completed, 24 new chracters)
• Coptic (complete, 114 characters)
• Alphabetic Presentation Forms (46 new characters)

Summary

3,747 characters in total, 390 new characters since version 1.7.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Phonetic Extensions (complete, 128 characters)
• Phonetic Extensions Supplement (complete, 64 characters)
• Superscripts and Subscripts (completed, 5 new characters)
• Dingbats (51 new characters)
• Private Use Area: Additional Latin Supplement (6 characters)
• Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (74 new characters)

Summary

3,357 characters in total, 328 new characters since version 1.6.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Thai (complete, 83 characters)
• Latin Extended Additional (completed, 236 new characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols (33 new characters)
• Miscellanous Mathematical Symbols-A (complete, 35 characters)
• Private Use Area: Chess Symbols Supplement (64 characters)

Summary

3,029 characters in total, 451 new characters since version 1.5.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Spacing Modifier Letters (completed, 71 new characters)
• Cyrillic (completed, 154 new characters)
• Cyrillic Supplement (complete, 16 characters)
• General Punctuation (completed, 62 new characters)
• Letterlike Symbols (25 new characters)
• Private Use Area: Control Pictures Supplement (1 new character)
• Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (122 characters)

Summary

2,578 characters in total, 451 new characters since version 1.4.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Latin Extended-B (completed, 187 new characters)
• Letterlike Symbols (11 new characters)
• Arrows (12 new characters)
• Mathematical Operators (completed, 239 new characters)

Summary

2,127 characters in total, 449 new characters since version 1.3.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Currency Symbols (completed, 18 new characters)
• Control Pictures (complete, 39 characters)
• Enclosed Alphanumerics (complete, 160 characters)
• Dingbats (10 characters)
• Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (30 characters)
• Private Use Area: Partially Enclosed Alphanumerics (87 characters)
• Private Use Area: Control Pictures Supplement (115 characters)
• Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (110 characters)

Summary

1,678 characters in total, 569 new characters since version 1.2.

Added or upgraded blocks

• IPA Extensions (complete, 96 characters)
• Number Forms (completed, 45 new characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols (10 new characters)
• Private Use Area: Playing Card Symbols (10 characters)

Summary

1,109 characters in total, 161 new characters since version 1.1.

Added or upgraded blocks

• Superscripts and Subscripts (28 new characters)
• Braille Patterns (complete, 256 characters)
• Alphabetic Presentation Forms (5 new characters)
• Specials (complete, 2 characters)

Summary

948 characters in total, 291 new characters since version 1.0.

Quivira 1.0 was the first version, compliant to Unicode 4.1. The aim was to start with the most common characters of a variety of blocks.

Supported blocks

• Basic Latin (complete, 95 characters)
• C1-Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (complete, 96 characters)
• Latin Extended-A (complete, 128 characters)
• Latin Extended-B (7 characters)
• Spacing Modifier Letters (9 characters)
• Greek and Coptic (78 characters)
• Cyrillic (94 characters)
• Latin Extended Additional (8 characters)
• General Punctuation (23 characters)
• Superscripts and Subscripts (1 character)
• Currency Symbols (4 characters)
• Letterlike Symbols (6 characters)
• Number Forms (4 characters)
• Arrows (7 characters)
• Mathematical Operators (17 characters)
• Miscellanous Technical (4 characters)
• Box Drawing (40 characters)
• Block Elements (8 characters)
• Geometric Shapes (15 characters)
• Miscellanous Symbols (11 characters)
• Alphabetic Presentation Forms (2 characters)

Summary

657 characters in total.