Arabic Presentation Forms-A

E729847

Unicode block

Arabic Presentation Forms-A is a Unicode block that contains contextual and ligature glyphs for Arabic script, primarily included for compatibility with older encodings rather than for modern text encoding.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arabic Presentation Forms-B	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Unicode block ⓘ
belongsToStandardBody	Unicode Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ
blockName	Arabic Presentation Forms-A NERFINISHED ⓘ
codePointRangeEnd	U+FDFF ⓘ
codePointRangeStart	U+FB50 ⓘ
contains	compatibility ligatures ⓘ contextual glyphs for Arabic script ⓘ contextual variants of Arabic letters ⓘ ligature glyphs for Arabic script ⓘ
containsCharactersFor	Arabic contextual forms ⓘ Arabic ligatures ⓘ Arabic-Indic contextual forms ⓘ Persian contextual forms ⓘ Urdu contextual forms ⓘ
containsCompatibilityCharacters	true ⓘ
encodingGuideline	use basic Arabic characters plus shaping instead of presentation forms ⓘ
encodingModel	presentation forms ⓘ
hasBlockSize	688 code points ⓘ
hasGeneralCategoryMix	Letter ⓘ Mark ⓘ Symbol ⓘ
hasShapingType	final forms ⓘ initial forms ⓘ isolated forms ⓘ medial forms ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlockAlias	Arabic Presentation Forms A NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInUnicodeVersion	1.0 ⓘ
isDiscouragedFor	plain text data interchange ⓘ
plane	Basic Multilingual Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose	compatibility with older Arabic encodings ⓘ
recommendedUsage	not for modern text encoding ⓘ
relatedBlock	Arabic ⓘ Arabic Extended-A ⓘ Arabic Presentation Forms-B NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabic Supplement ⓘ
script	Arabic ⓘ
standard	Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedWithScriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic Supplement → usedWithScript → Arabic Presentation Forms-A ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arabic Presentation Forms-B