Unicode is the standard character encoding system that allows the correct display and entry of virtually all characters of every language in the world.
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The official site with information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work.
An article by Joel Spolsky that explains the basics of Unicode and common character encodings and their implications for programmers.
Tim Bray, co-editor of the XML standard, discusses various Unicode encodings and their pros and cons.
Unicode points browsable by range and searchable by name.
Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area.
An online tool for converting between multinational characters and their decimal and hexadecimal equivalents.
A program for international users to create images from text, Unicode or nonstandard font text.
Multilingual fonts and keyboard layouts for Unicode-compliant and pre-Unicode applications. Also contains information on CJK, Maltese, Esperanto, Arabic, Cyrillic and Hebrew and links to related resources.
A gallery that displays samples of available Unicode fonts for dozens of different writing systems.
Paper by Bell Labs researchers Rob Pike and Ken Thompson explaining how they used UTF-8 to make Plan 9 the first operating system with Unicode support.
Rob Pike explains the history of how Ken Thompson invented UTF-8 and its first implementation in Plan 9.
IBM's portable set of C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode support, internationalization, and globalization. Background information, user guide, API references, and developer information. [free use licence]
Write-up explains the pain points associated with Unicode in JavaScript, provides solutions for common problems, and explains how the upcoming ECMAScript 6 will improve the situation.
How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp)
Explains the purpose and use of Unicode.
Unicode tools, including a fancy font generator, unicode calendar generator, and an emoji horoscope.
The official site of UTFCast. A unicode conversion tool for Windows.
Draw something and find the most similar unicode character glyphs in the database.
Unicode symbols with names and descriptions.
Eugene Eric Kim reviews "Unicode: A Primer".
Browsers test for Unicode compatibility.
Reseources and test pages up to Unicode 6.3.0
Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.
Unicode searchable by name, character and codepoint.
Simplifies Unicode research and conversion by providing tools to browse or lookup Unicode characters and ranges.
The online edition of version 4.1.0 of this standard.
A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL.
A resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems.
Converts between Unicode characters, code points and UTF-8, displayed in various formats.
Reference table of Unicode code points, their UTF-8 encoding, corresponding HTML character entities and other information.
A manifesto written in 2012 on the advantages of UTF-8 especially over UTF-16.
Displays all of the utf-8 characters in the 1 to 65533 range, split up and categorized into their corresponding subsets to be used as icon replacement in CSS, HTML or different programming languages.
Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties.
C-Kermit and Unicode issues explored.
A paper outlining issues with encoding all the world's character sets within the limitations of the existing Unicode standards, and the possible impact this will have on East Asian languages.
A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources.
A reference of visually similar characters and their Unicode values.
Searchable database of Unicode chars as of Unicode 5.2.0; searchable also by entity name; displays if char can be used unescaped in XML.
The official site with information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work.
Unicode symbols with names and descriptions.
Draw something and find the most similar unicode character glyphs in the database.
Unicode tools, including a fancy font generator, unicode calendar generator, and an emoji horoscope.
IBM's portable set of C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode support, internationalization, and globalization. Background information, user guide, API references, and developer information. [free use licence]
Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties.
Displays all of the utf-8 characters in the 1 to 65533 range, split up and categorized into their corresponding subsets to be used as icon replacement in CSS, HTML or different programming languages.
A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL.
An online tool for converting between multinational characters and their decimal and hexadecimal equivalents.
The official site of UTFCast. A unicode conversion tool for Windows.
Simplifies Unicode research and conversion by providing tools to browse or lookup Unicode characters and ranges.
A program for international users to create images from text, Unicode or nonstandard font text.
Unicode points browsable by range and searchable by name.
A manifesto written in 2012 on the advantages of UTF-8 especially over UTF-16.
Unicode searchable by name, character and codepoint.
Reseources and test pages up to Unicode 6.3.0
Searchable database of Unicode chars as of Unicode 5.2.0; searchable also by entity name; displays if char can be used unescaped in XML.
A reference of visually similar characters and their Unicode values.
Write-up explains the pain points associated with Unicode in JavaScript, provides solutions for common problems, and explains how the upcoming ECMAScript 6 will improve the situation.
Eugene Eric Kim reviews "Unicode: A Primer".
Reference table of Unicode code points, their UTF-8 encoding, corresponding HTML character entities and other information.
A gallery that displays samples of available Unicode fonts for dozens of different writing systems.
Paper by Bell Labs researchers Rob Pike and Ken Thompson explaining how they used UTF-8 to make Plan 9 the first operating system with Unicode support.
An article by Joel Spolsky that explains the basics of Unicode and common character encodings and their implications for programmers.
Rob Pike explains the history of how Ken Thompson invented UTF-8 and its first implementation in Plan 9.
Tim Bray, co-editor of the XML standard, discusses various Unicode encodings and their pros and cons.
A resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems.
Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.
Multilingual fonts and keyboard layouts for Unicode-compliant and pre-Unicode applications. Also contains information on CJK, Maltese, Esperanto, Arabic, Cyrillic and Hebrew and links to related resources.
Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area.
A paper outlining issues with encoding all the world's character sets within the limitations of the existing Unicode standards, and the possible impact this will have on East Asian languages.
Converts between Unicode characters, code points and UTF-8, displayed in various formats.
A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources.
Browsers test for Unicode compatibility.
The online edition of version 4.1.0 of this standard.
C-Kermit and Unicode issues explored.
Explains the purpose and use of Unicode.
How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp)
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