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{{short description|Subset of characters in Unicode}}

{{about|writing systems found in Unicode|the "Script" style of Latin letters in Unicode|Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols|and|Script typeface}}<blockquote></blockquote>
[[File:Armenian language in the Armenian alphabet.svg|thumb|[[Armenian script]]]]

In [[Unicode]], a '''script''' is a collection of [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]]s and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more [[writing system]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unicode.org/glossary/|title=Glossary|website=unicode.org}}</ref> Some scripts support one and only one writing system and [[Written language|language]], for example, [[Armenian language|Armenian]]. Other scripts support many different writing systems; for example, the [[Latin script in Unicode|Latin script]] supports [[English alphabet|English]], [[French alphabet|French]], [[German alphabet|German]], [[Italian alphabet|Italian]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] itself, and several other languages. Some languages make use of multiple alternate writing systems, and thus also use several scripts; for example, in [[Turkish language|Turkish]], the [[Ottoman Turkish alphabet|Arabic]] script was used before the 20th century, but transitioned to Latin in the early part of the 20th century. For a list of languages supported by each script see the [[list of languages by writing system]]. More or less complementary to scripts are [[Unicode symbols|symbols]] and Unicode [[control character]]s.

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Unicode uses the "Common" script name for ISO 15924's Zyyy (code for undetermined script), "Inherited" for ISO 15924's Zinh (code for inherited script), and "Unknown" for ISO 15924's Zzzz (code for uncoded script). Not used are, among others, the ISO 15924 script codes: Zsym (Symbols) and Zmth (Mathematical notation). These are considered not to be scripts in Unicode sense.

{{ISO 15924 script codes and related Unicode data|state=uncollapsed}}

==See also==