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Crissov
Standard Textile Care Symbols
Proposal for new characters
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB | washing, shows a tub |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH THIRTY DEGREES CELSIUS | US and Canadian variant comes with one heavy dot |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH FORTY DEGREES CELSIUS | US and Canadian variant comes with two heavy dots |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH FIFTY DEGREES CELSIUS | US and Canadian variant comes with two three dots |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH SIXTY DEGREES CELSIUS | US and Canadian variant comes with four heavy dots |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH SEVENTY DEGREES CELSIUS | US and Canadian variant comes with five heavy dots |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH NINETY DEGREES CELSIUS | |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH NINETY-FIVE DEGREES CELSIUS | US and Canadian variant comes with six heavy dots |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH HAND | hand washing |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WASHING TUB WITH TAP | cold washing |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARE | drying, usually only appears crossed-out |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL BAR | flat dry |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL BARS | flat dry when wet, European variant has two bars, US and Canadian variant has three bars |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARE WITH BOW IN THE TOP | dry on clothes line |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARE WITH VERTICAL BAR | dry hanging, e. g. on a hanger |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARE WITH VERTICAL BARS | drip dry, European variant has two bars, US and Canadian variant has three bars |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL SQUARED CIRCLE | machine drying, shows a drier |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL IRON | shows an iron |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL IRON WITH CROSSED OUT STEAM | do not steam iron |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL WRING OUT | shows a cloth which is wringed out, usually only appears crossed-out |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL CIRCLE | chemical cleaning |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A | all cleaning agents |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F | hydrocarbon solvent |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P | tetrachloroethene |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W | wet cleaning |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL TRIANGLE | bleaching with chlorine or oxygen |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL TRIANGLE WITH CL | bleaching with chlorine |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL TRIANGLE WITH DOUBLE SOLIDUS | bleaching with oxygen |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING HEAVY DOT | low temperature |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING DOUBLE HEAVY DOT | medium temperature |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING TRIPLE HEAVY DOT | high temperature |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING CROSS | do not (wash/iron/bleach/dry/dry-clean), may fill the washing tub, triangle, square, circle or the dryer’s circle black |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING BAR BELOW | gentle |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING DOUBLE BAR BELOW | very gentle, the bars may appear side-by-side or one below the other |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING TRIPLE BAR BELOW | wool program (?) |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING SOLIDUS IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER | dry in the shadow, European variant has one solidus, US and Canadian variant has two solidi |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING TANGENT IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER | short cycle |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING TANGENT IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER | reduced moisture |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING TANGENT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER | low heat |
| TEXTILE CARE SYMBOL COMBINING TANGENT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER | no steam finishing |
Examples
Wash Care Symbols M54
The font Wash Care Symbols M54 has already implemented textile care symbols. However, they are encoded in the C0 Controls and Basic Latin block.
Standard References
- How to propose emojis to Unicode
- How to propose other additions or changes to Unicode (required form, email address: docsubmit＠unicode.org)
- Unicode document submission form
I think I remember having seen a failed proposal to encode some of them , will need to check.
@Crissov Do you mean that mail here? http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2003-m06/0274.html
This could very well be it. I think I was subscribed to the mailing list back then.
Forgive me if this has been asked before, but aren't these symbols trademarked? Would font makers, or Unicode Inc. require a license to reproduce these symbols?
The five care symbols are protected trademarks in most countries. They may not be reproduced, issued or used without a special license agreement with GINETEX, co-owner of the trademarks together with COFREET. This Intellectual Property license agreement commits companies to use the symbols correctly at all times.
There is a lack of the unit in the name column : THIRTY DEGREES => THIRTY DEGREES CELSIUS
@PabloReszczynski Good point, but I am pretty sure that the glyphs do not have enough threshold of originality for a copyright. Regarding trademark right: GINETEX only has a trademark on the combination of the five care symbols in one picture and this also only applies for certain Nizza classes (e. g. leaflets about textile care, marketing and consulting services, but not for the textiles themselves).
Note that the protectability of the textile care symbols may vary between different countries!
For example, for Germany I found: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/3020090190313/DE (Nizza classes 35, 37, 41, 42, 45) https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/3020180219248/DE (Nizza classes 9, 37, 40, 41, 45) https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerIR?AKZ=849319 (covers all kinds of textile products, non-textile labels, information and consulting services and software, not protectable in Germany, but possibly in other European countries) https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerIR?AKZ=849320 (covers all kinds of textile products, non-textile labels, information and consulting services and software, not protectable in Germany, but possibly in other European countries)
@8HoLoN The glyphs are also lacking a unit. Character descriptions should match the glyph appearance and not add additional semantics.
@spixi I strongly disagree, unit is crucial, the fact that the glyph does not contain the C is not relevant because some of glyph does not include ° character meanwhile the name includes Degrees. So, to get full meaning you should get the unit.
@spixi I strongly disagree, unit is crucial, the fact that the glyph does not contain the
Cis not relevant because some of glyph does not include°character meanwhile the name includesDegrees. So, to get full meaning you should get the unit.
@8HoLoN I understand, that's a good argument. I found another reference sheet which also uses the dotted annotation used in the USA and Canada. It also has four additional symbols for dry cleaning, I have never seen before. They are also included in Wash Care Symbols M54. Does someone know if they are also part of ISO 3758 or any national standard?
I added the Celsius and also the four tangents for additional dry-cleaning instructions.
A lot of these seem like a good match for ligatures or modifiers; having a code point per temperature seems unsustainable/unnecessary.
A lot of these seem like a good match for ligatures or modifiers; having a code point per temperature seems unsustainable/unnecessary.
The temperature values are fixed and have different representations (some countries use numeric values, others use dots).