Unicode Character Encoding Globalization

Unicode

Unicode is the standard character encoding system that allows the correct display and entry of virtually all characters of every language in the world.

• - A description of PostScript glyph naming conventions in the context of Unicode.
  
• - C-Kermit and Unicode issues explored.
  
• - The official Unicode web site provides extensive information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work.
  
• - A developer resource for building applications for a worldwide audience, with technical and editorial articles.
  
• - Test browser and operating system compatibility. Also downloadable Unicode fonts and links to other resources and references.
  
• - C++ library for Unicode from Basis Techology. The site also contains an overview of Unicode, technical information on database support and a free demonstration of the software.
  
• - A reference to Unicode terms and concepts aimed at a basic to intermediate level.
  
• - A comprehensive resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems.
  
• - The online edition of version 3.0 of this standard.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Online service that converts ASCII text with simple codes for almost all accents in Romanized scripts to fully accented Unicode 4.0.
  
• - 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 look at some of Unicode's weak points and disadvantages.
  
• - Concise information on Unicode fonts for hardware and software developers.
  
• - Eugene Eric Kim reviews "Unicode: A Primer".
  
• - Interactive map with buttons for selecting arbitrary Unicode characters for copying and pasting into other applications, plus search engines tools. Requires Javascript.
  
• - How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp)
  
• - Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties.
  
• - Contains a variety of tutorials and details of conference sessions covering Unicode, the web, software and internationalization. Contains details of past conferences since 1996 and information about upcoming events.
  
• - A short series of tables showing how Unicode translates into an eight bit format.
  
• - Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.
  
• - A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL.
  
• - Converts between Unicode characters, code points and UTF-8, displayed in various formats.
  
• - A Unicode plain text editor for the Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems.
  
• - A general guide on how to write ANSI/Unicode specific source code, as well as generic source code for Windows.
  
• - A reference of visually similar characters and their Unicode values, which can be downloaded for off-line use.
  
• - A list of the standard Unicode blocks.
  
• - Converts multilingual text between Unicode and other popular character sets.
  
• - Information on technical aspects from SimulTrans.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Utilities from Apple for the Mac OS environment. Some documents require Acrobat Reader.
  
• - A list of common codepages with tables in text and graphical formats.
  
• - Browsers test for Unicode compatibility.
  
• - A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources.
  
• - Information for software developers interested in Unicode support in this operating environment, including an overview, multilingual support in Solaris, application development and codeset conversions.
  
• - An online tool for converting between multinational characters and their decimal and hexadecimal equivalents.
  
• - Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area.
  
  

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