U+008A "VTS" LINE TABULATION SET Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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 This character is rarely used in modern computing, as its function has been largely superseded by more flexible text layout systems, but it remains part of Unicode for backward compatibility with legacy terminal protocols and data streams.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
Unicode 1.0 Name
Line Tabulation Set
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