U+008A "VTS" LINE TABULATION SET Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
VTS
U+008A "VTS" LINE TABULATION SET is a control character from the C1 control code set, originally defined by the ISO 6429 standard. It serves as a formatting instruction that directs a printing device or display to set a vertical tab stop at the current vertical position, allowing subsequent vertical tabulation characters to advance the cursor directly to that predefined line. This character is rarely used in modern computing, as its function has been largely superseded by more flexible text layout systems, but it remains part of Unicode for backward compatibility with legacy terminal protocols and data streams.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+008A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Line Tabulation Set |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
| Alias | LINE TABULATION SET (control) VERTICAL TABULATION SET (control) VTS (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Š |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Š |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC2 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x008A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000008A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u008a |
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 | Combining Mark |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Control |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |