U+000B "VT" LINE TABULATION Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
VT
U+000B "VT" LINE TABULATION is a control character from the C0 control code set, historically known as a vertical tab. It was used in older computing and printing systems to move the cursor or print head vertically down a fixed number of lines, typically without advancing horizontally, serving as a form of vertical spacing distinct from a line feed or form feed. While largely obsolete in modern text processing and plain text files, it remains defined in Unicode for compatibility with legacy data and protocols, and its behavior can still be recognized by terminal emulators or specialized software that interpret raw control codes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+000B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Line Tabulation |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Segment Separator |
| Alias | LINE TABULATION (control) VERTICAL TABULATION (control) VT (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |  |
| HTML Hex Encoding |  |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x0B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x000B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000000B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u000b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Mandatory Break |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern White Space | Yes |
| White Space | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Control |
| Word Break | Newline |
| Sentence Break | Sp |