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Proposed Draft UTR #50, "Unicode Properties for Vertical Text Layout" has been updated to revision three. For instructions and information about commenting on this UTR, please see: http://www.unicode.org/review/pri207/

Updates include:

• Mongolian and Egyptian Hieroglyphs changed to U.
• Implementation of recent UTC decisions
  • Removal of the East Asian Class property
  • East Asian Orientation renamed East Asian Vertical Orientation
  • New property, Default Vertical Orientation