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Bookshelf Symbol 7

February 05, 2024

Bookshelf Symbol 7 is a typeface which was packaged with Microsoft Office 2003. It is a pi font encoding several less common variants of Roman letters (including a small subset of those used in the International Phonetic Alphabet), a few musical symbols and mathematical symbols, a few additional symbols (including torii), and a few rare or obscure kanji.

Bookshelf Symbol 7
CategorySymbol
Designer(s)?
FoundryRicoh
Sample

Controversy edit

In late 2003, several customers contacted Microsoft about the inclusion of two swastikas in this font (one diagonal, one straight), complaining that they did not like having the font on their computers.[1][2] After being informed of the issue, Microsoft contacted several Jewish organizations about the font.[1]

In December 2003, Microsoft published a tool to remove the font from Microsoft Office, and Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President of the Microsoft Office, issued a public apology on behalf of Microsoft for the inclusion of the swastikas.[3][4] Microsoft Office product manager Simon Marks clarified that the font was based on a Japanese font set, and the inclusion of the swastikas was accidental.[1]

In February 2004, Microsoft released a critical update (KB833407) for Microsoft Office 2003 to remove "unacceptable symbols" from this font.[5] This update removed the two swastikas and a Star of David from this typeface.[6][2] According to Microsoft Office product manager Simon Marks, the Star of David was removed from Bookshelf Symbol 7 due to its proximity to the swastikas, but remains in other fonts shipped by Microsoft.[2]

The removed symbols are shown in the chart below at 0x7E, 0x86, and 0x74.

Encoding edit

Bookshelf Symbol 7
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x
1x
2x  SP  ǎ
01CE 		ā́ b́ B́ Ć
0106 		D́ D̀ F́ f́ ℉
2109 		Ǵ
01F4 		G̀ H́ h́ ǐ
01D0
3x ī́ Ḿ
1E3E 		m̥ Ǹ
01F8 		Ṕ
1E54 		ṕ
1E55 		P̀ Q́ q́ Q̀ S̀ T́ t́ T̀ ṭ
1E6D 		V́
4x V̀ X́ ȳ
0233 		ɑ́ ɑ̀ ɑ̃ ɪ́ ɪ̀ ᴜ
1D1C 		ᴜ́ ᴜ̀ ʌ́ ʌ̀ ə́ ə̀ ɚ́
5x ɚ̀ ɔ́ ɔ̀ ɔ̃ ɛ̃ æ̀ œ́ œ̃ ʤ
02A4 		ŋ
014B 		1̇ 3̇ 4́ 8́ －́ －̀
6x 〜́ 〜̀ …́ ♩
2669 		𝄐
1D110 		𝄑
1D111 		♮
266E 		 𝅝 
1D15D 		𝄞[a]
1D11E 		𝄪
1D12A 		 [b]
0024 		∓
2213 		≓
2253 		=⃥ ↘
2198 		↗
2197
7x ✓
2713 		┒
2512 		‴
2034 		┈
2508 		✡[c]
2721 		⁂
2042 		 [d] ♥
2665 		♠
2660 		⁀
2040 		‿
203F 		︷
FE37 		悪⃝ 善⃝ ࿕[e]
8x ヘ[f] 〽
303D 		﹅
FE45 		◦
25E6 		•
2022 		⛩
26E9 		࿕[g]
0FD5 		𥝱
25771 		𩺊
29E8A 		焮
712E 		莽
83BD 		攲
6532 		麽
9EBD 		𩸽
29E3D 		鯼
9BFC 		〻
303B
9x  [h] 汴
6C74 		㕞
355E
Ax
Bx
Cx
Dx
Ex
Fx
  1. ^ A treble clef.
  2. ^ Double barred dollar sign.
  3. ^ Removed by KB833407.
  4. ^ Turned asterism, i.e. ⁂ upside down.
  5. ^ Diagonal right-pointing swastika, similar in orientation and rotation to the thick grotesque type-style form used by Nazi Germany.[7] Removed by KB833407.
  6. ^ Resembles 〽 but with only one peak.
  7. ^ Unicode U+0FD5 (as a religious symbol) or U+5350 (as a kanji).[7] Possibly intended as a symbol for a Buddhist temple[4] (especially given that it follows the ⛩ (torii) for a Shinto shrine), but the usual map symbol is the left-pointing 卍 (U+0FD6 or U+534D).[4] Removed by KB833407.
  8. ^ IDS ⿰虫⿱廿内. Resembles 蜗, but with 廿 instead of 口. It may be U+8739 蜹.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c . Seattle: Reuters. 2003-12-12. Archived from the original on 2003-12-31.
  2. ^ a b c Rupley, Sebastian (2004-02-13). . PC Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-06-01.
  3. ^ Sinofsky, Steven (2003-12-12). "An Open Letter from Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky". Microsoft. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  4. ^ a b c Walkenbach, John (2003-12-13). . J-Walk Blog. Archived from the original on 2004-12-25. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  5. ^ . Microsoft Support. Microsoft. 2004-02-10. Archived from the original on 2004-02-25.
  6. ^ Haines, Lester (2004-02-11). "MS tears swastika from roof of Office". The Register. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  7. ^ a b Everson, Michael; Fynn, Christopher; Scharf, Peter; West, Andrew (2007-05-09). "N3268 L2/07-148: Proposal to encode four religious characters in the Tibetan block" (PDF).

External links edit

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  • An Open Letter from Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky
  • (archive)

February 05, 2024
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