Unicode Character Encoding Globalization

Unicode Character Encoding Globalization

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 Unicode Consortium

- The official site with information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work.
Unicode and Multilingual Support in Web Browsers and HTML

- A guide to displaying thousands of foreign and special characters in Web pages, with the aid of Unicode, plus notes on suitable multilingual browsers, fonts, editors and other utilities. Includes lists of the characters in each Unicode range that can be u

International Unicode Conferences - Includes a variety of tutorials and details of conference sessions covering Unicode, the web, software and internationalization. Includes details of past conferences since 1996 and information about upcoming events.
The Secret Life of Unicode - A look at some of Unicode's weak points and disadvantages.
Zvon Character Search - Finds properties of Unicode characters and determines its usage in XML documents. It also enables search of HTML and MathML entities and searches based on visual similarity. A browse by scripts, blocks or digits is also available.
Zvon Character Reference - A reference of visually similar characters and their Unicode values, which can be downloaded for off-line use.
Tackling a Daunting Task - Eugene Eric Kim reviews "Unicode: A Primer".
Unicode Fonts - Concise information on Unicode fonts for hardware and software developers.
Fontboard - 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.
Sharmahd Computing UniPad - A Unicode plain text editor for the Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems.
TITUS - Browsers test for Unicode compatibility.
Adobe: Unicode and Glyph Names - A description of PostScript glyph naming conventions in the context of Unicode.
Linux Unicode How-to - How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp)
Unicode Example - Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.
International Components for Unicode - 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]
UTF-8 Conversion Tool - Converts between Unicode characters, code points and UTF-8, displayed in various formats.
Wikipedia - Unicode - A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources.
Microsoft : Unicode Codepages - A list of common codepages with tables in text and graphical formats.
Demystifying Unicode - Information on technical aspects from SimulTrans.
Who doesn't know what Unicode is? - C-Kermit and Unicode issues explored.
Fingertipsoft: Character Set Converter - Converts multilingual text between Unicode and other popular character sets.
UTF-8 Sampler - Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties.
Unicode Tutorial - A reference to Unicode terms and concepts aimed at a basic to intermediate level.
UTF-8 Encoding Table and Unicode characters - Unicode code points and their UTF-8 encoding.
MyMyanmar - Information on Unicode support for writing Myanmar text and related software/fonts.
On the Goodness of Unicode - Explains the purpose and use of Unicode.
The Unicode Standard - The online edition of version 4.1.0 of this standard.
Why Unicode Won't Work on the Internet: Linguistic, Political and Technical Limitations - 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.
UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ - A resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems.
IBM developerWorks: Unicode - A developer resource for building applications for a worldwide audience, with technical and editorial articles.
Unicode Blocks - A list of the standard Unicode blocks.
ConScript Unicode Registry - Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area.
Decimal, Hexadecimal Character Codes in HTML Unicode - An online tool for converting between multinational characters and their decimal and hexadecimal equivalents.
Free Online Unicode Character Map - Interactive map with buttons for selecting arbitrary Unicode characters for copying and pasting into other applications, plus search engines tools. Requires Javascript.
Unicode, MBCS and Generic text conversion - A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL.

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