Vertical Forms is a Unicode block containing vertical punctuation for compatibility characters with the Chinese Standard GB 18030.
In the Unicode specification, has a typo in its name; "BRACKET" is spelt as "BRAKCET".
History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Vertical Forms block:
Version Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document 4.1 U+FE10..FE19 10 N2807 N2808
See also CJK Compatibility Forms, contains additional vertical compatibility punctuation forms.
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