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== Computer encoding ==

The Maya script can be represented as a custom downloadable primer's font <ref>{{Cite web| title=Maya Hieroglyphs | url=https://dn-works.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/UFAS010223/Maya.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126161239/https://dn-works.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/UFAS010223/Maya.pdf | archive-date=2023-01-26}}</ref> but has yet to be formally introduced into Unicode standards. With the renewed usage of Maya writing, digital encoding of the script has been of recent interest.<ref name=":2">Joseph DeChicchis (2012), Current Trends in Mayan Literacy, In: John C. Maher, Jelisava Dobovsek-Sethna, and Cary Duval (eds.), [http://lib.mainit.org/153/1/literacy-for-dialogue-in-multilingual-societies-2011.pdf Literacy for Dialogue in Multilingual Societies. Proceedings of Linguapax Asia Symposium 2011], Tokyo 2012, p. 71-82</ref> A range of code points (U+15500–U+159FF) has been tentatively allocated for [[Unicode]], but no detailed encoding proposal has been submitted yet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roadmap to the SMP|url=https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/smp/|access-date=2023-02-12|website=unicode.org}}</ref> The Script Encoding Initiative project of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], was awarded a grant in June 2016 to create a proposal to the Unicode Consortium for layout and presentation mechanisms in Unicode text.<ref>{{Cite web|website=unicode.org|title=Encoding the Mayan Script: your Adopt-a-Character sponsorships at work|url=http://blog.unicode.org/2016/06/encoding-mayan-script-your-adopt.html|access-date=2024-10-12|language=en}}</ref> As of 2024, the proposal is still under development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scriptencodinginitiativesei.githubberkeley.ioedu/scripts-notto-encoded.htmlencode/|title=Scripts Not Encoded|website=Script Encoding Initiative|author=((Script Encoding Initiative))|date=2023|access-date=20242025-1007-1229}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Deborah |last2=Hossain |first2=Anushah |title=SEI Liaison Report |url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/24167-sei-liaison-rept.pdf |website=unicode.org |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>

The goal of encoding Maya hieroglyphs in Unicode is to facilitate the ''modern'' use of the script. For representing the degree of flexibility and variation of ''classical'' Maya, the expressiveness of Unicode is insufficient (e.g., with regard to the representation of infixes, i.e., signs inserted into other signs), so, for philological applications, different technologies are required.<ref>{{Cite conference