Editing Georgian scripts (section)

=== Unicode ===
The first Georgian script was included in [[Unicode]] Standard in October 1991 with the release of version 1.0. In creating the Georgian Unicode block, important roles were played by German [[Jost Gippert]], a linguist of [[Kartvelian studies]], and American-Irish linguist and script-encoder [[Michael Everson]], who created the Georgian Unicode for the [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] systems.<ref>[http://bpgfonts.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%93%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%98/ უნიკოდში ქართულის ასახვის ისტორია (History of the Georgian Unicode)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309182256/http://bpgfonts.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/%e1%83%a3%e1%83%9c%e1%83%98%e1%83%99%e1%83%9d%e1%83%93%e1%83%a8%e1%83%98-%e1%83%a5%e1%83%90%e1%83%a0%e1%83%97%e1%83%a3%e1%83%9a%e1%83%98%e1%83%a1-%e1%83%90%e1%83%a1%e1%83%90%e1%83%ae%e1%83%95%e1%83%98/ |date=2014-03-09 }} Georgian Unicode fonts by BPG-InfoTech</ref> Significant contributions were also made by Anton Dumbadze and Irakli Garibashvili<ref>[https://www.unicode.org/charts/fonts.html Font Contributors Acknowledgements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322185646/http://www.unicode.org/charts/fonts.html |date=2018-03-22 }} Unicode</ref> (not to be mistaken with the [[Prime Minister of Georgia]] [[Irakli Garibashvili]]).

Georgian ''Mkhedruli'' script received an official status for being Georgia's [[internationalized domain name]] script for ([[.ge|.გე]]).<ref>{{in lang|ka}} [http://rustavi2.com/ka/news/36915 საქართველოში საინტერნეტო მისამართები მხედრული ანბანით დაიწერება] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122090830/http://rustavi2.com/ka/news/36915 |date=2016-01-22 }} [[Rustavi 2]]</ref>

Mtavruli letters were added in Unicode version 11.0 in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Unicode 11.0.0 | url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ | publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]] | date=5 June 2018 | access-date=5 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606184010/https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ | archive-date=6 June 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> They are capital letters with similar letterforms to Mkhedruli, but with [[descender]]s shifted above the [[baseline (typography)|baseline]], with a wider central oval, and with the top slightly higher than the [[ascender (typography)|ascender]] height.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bpgfonts.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/mtavruli-for-perfection/ |title=Mtavruli for Perfect Bicameral Fonts |website=BPG Georgian Fonts |date=24 February 2016 |access-date=15 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185734/https://bpgfonts.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/mtavruli-for-perfection/ |archive-date=26 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-11.0/U110-1C90.pdf |title=The Unicode Standard, Version 11.0 - U110-1C90.pdf |publisher=Unicode.org |access-date=2018-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508184254/http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-11.0/U110-1C90.pdf |archive-date=2018-05-08 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17199-n4827-mtavruli.pdf |first1=Michael |last1=Everson |first2=Nika |last2=Gujejiani |first3=Giorgi |last3=Vakhtangishvili |first4=Akaki |last4=Razmadze |title=Action plan for the complete representation of Mtavruli characters |date=2017-06-24 |website=Unicode Technical Committee Document Registry |access-date=2018-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615001129/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17199-n4827-mtavruli.pdf |archive-date=2019-06-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> Before this addition, font creators included Mtavruli in various ways. Some fonts came in pairs, of which one had lowercase letters and the other uppercase; some Unicode fonts placed Mtavruli letterforms in the Asomtavruli range (U+10A0-U+10CF) or in the [[Private Use Area]], and some ASCII-based ones mapped them to the ASCII capital letters.<ref name="Unicode Mtavruli proposal">{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16034-n4707-georgian.pdf |title=Proposal for the addition of Georgian characters to the UCS |last1=Everson |first1=Michael |last2=Gujejiani |first2=Nika |last3=Razmadze |first3=Akaki |date=24 January 2016 |website=Unicode Technical Committee Document Registry |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911160814/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16034-n4707-georgian.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Blocks ====
{{Main | Georgian (Unicode block) | Georgian Supplement | Georgian Extended | l2 = Georgian Supplement (Unicode block) | l3= Georgian Extended (Unicode block) }}

Georgian characters are found in three Unicode blocks. The first block (U+10A0–U+10FF) is simply called Georgian. Mkhedruli (modern Georgian) occupies the U+10D0–U+10FF range (shown in the bottom half of the first table below) and Asomtavruli occupies the U+10A0–U+10CF range (shown in the top half of the same table). The second block is the Georgian Supplement (U+2D00–U+2D2F), and it contains Nuskhuri.<ref name="addit"/> Mtavruli capitals are included in the Georgian Extended block (U+1C90–U+1CBF).

Mtavruli is defined as the upper case, but not [[title case]], of Mkhedruli, and Asomtavruli as the upper case and title case of Nuskhuri.<ref>{{Cite book | title=The Unicode Standard Version 11.0 – Core Specification |chapter=7: Europe-I: Modern and Liturgical Scripts | chapter-url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ch07.pdf | publisher=Unicode Consortium | date=5 June 2018 | access-date=8 June 2018 }}</ref>

{{Unicode chart Georgian}}
{{Unicode chart Georgian Supplement}}
{{Unicode chart Georgian Extended}}