diff --git a/AK/UnicodeUtils.cpp b/AK/UnicodeUtils.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Max Wipfli <mail@maxwipfli.ch>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <AK/Array.h>
+#include <AK/Optional.h>
+#include <AK/StringView.h>
+#include <AK/UnicodeUtils.h>
+
+namespace AK::UnicodeUtils {
+
+Optional<StringView> get_unicode_control_code_point_alias(u32 code_point)
+{
+    static constexpr Array<StringView, 32> ascii_controls_lookup_table = {
+        "NUL", "SOH", "STX", "ETX", "EOT", "ENQ", "ACK", "BEL",
+        "BS", "HT", "LF", "VT", "FF", "CR", "SO", "SI",
+        "DLE", "DC1", "DC2", "DC3", "DC4", "NAK", "SYN", "ETB",
+        "CAN", "EM", "SUB", "ESC", "FS", "GS", "RS", "US"
+    };
+
+    static constexpr Array<StringView, 32> c1_controls_lookup_table = {
+        "XXX", "XXX", "BPH", "NBH", "IND", "NEL", "SSA", "ESA",
+        "HTS", "HTJ", "VTS", "PLD", "PLU", "RI", "SS2", "SS3",
+        "DCS", "PU1", "PU2", "STS", "CCH", "MW", "SPA", "EPA",
+        "SOS", "XXX", "SCI", "CSI", "ST", "OSC", "PM", "APC"
+    };
+
+    if (code_point < 0x20)
+        return ascii_controls_lookup_table[code_point];
+    if (code_point >= 0x80 && code_point < 0xa0)
+        return c1_controls_lookup_table[code_point - 0x80];
+    return {};
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/AK/UnicodeUtils.h b/AK/UnicodeUtils.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Max Wipfli <mail@maxwipfli.ch>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <AK/Forward.h>
+
+namespace AK::UnicodeUtils {
+
+constexpr bool is_unicode_control_code_point(u32 code_point)
+{
+    return code_point < 0x20 || (code_point >= 0x80 && code_point < 0xa0);
+}
+
+Optional<StringView> get_unicode_control_code_point_alias(u32);
+
+}