Editing Unicode (section)

=== Scripts covered ===
{{Main|Script (Unicode)}}

[[File:Unicode sample.png|class=skin-invert-image|thumb|right|200px|Many modern applications can render a substantial subset of the many [[scripts in Unicode]], as demonstrated by this screenshot from the [[OpenOffice.org]] application.]]<!-- screenshot fair use rationale: this screenshot is used specifically to illustrate the Unicode-related capabilities of modern desktop applications and the breadth of supported Unicode scripts -->

Unicode currently covers most major [[writing system]]s in use today.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Otung |first=Ifiok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OMXEAAAQBAJ&q=unicode+covers+almost+all+characters |title=Communication Engineering Principles |date=2021-01-28 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-27407-0 |language=en|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unicode FAQ |url=https://home.unicode.org/basic-info/faq/ |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, a total of 168 [[Script (Unicode)|scripts]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supported Scripts |url=https://www.unicode.org/standard/supported.html |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=Unicode}}</ref> are included in the latest version of Unicode (covering [[alphabet]]s, [[abugida]]s and [[syllabary|syllabaries]]), although there are still scripts that are not yet encoded, particularly those mainly used in historical, liturgical, and academic contexts. Further additions of characters to the already encoded scripts, as well as symbols, in particular for mathematics and [[musical notation|music]] (in the form of notes and rhythmic symbols), also occur.

The Unicode Roadmap Committee ([[Michael Everson]], Rick McGowan, Ken Whistler, V.S. Umamaheswaran)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roadmap to the BMP |url=https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/bmp/ |access-date=30 July 2018 |publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]]}}</ref> maintain the list of scripts that are candidates or potential candidates for encoding and their tentative code block assignments on the Unicode Roadmap<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/|title=Roadmaps to Unicode|website=Unicode |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231208091250/http://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/ |archive-date= Dec 8, 2023 }}</ref> page of the [[Unicode Consortium]] website. For some scripts on the Roadmap, such as [[Jurchen script|Jurchen]] and [[Khitan large script]], encoding proposals have been made and they are working their way through the approval process. For other scripts, such as [[Numidian language|Numidian]] and [[Rongorongo]], no proposal has yet been made, and they await agreement on character repertoire and other details from the user communities involved.

Some modern invented scripts which have not yet been included in Unicode (e.g., [[Tengwar]]) or which do not qualify for inclusion in Unicode due to lack of real-world use (e.g., [[Klingon scripts|Klingon]]) are listed in the [[ConScript Unicode Registry]], along with unofficial but widely used [[Unicode private use area|private use area]] code assignments.

There is also a [[Medieval Unicode Font Initiative]] focused on special Latin medieval characters. Part of these proposals has been already included in Unicode.