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The range of characters that can be represented by Unicode is truly bewildering. If there’s a symbol that was ever used to represent a sound or a concept anywhere in the world, chances are ...
The new standard brings users 838 new Unicode characters, including five new scripts. Version 14 also has 37 new emojis, including handshakes and heart hands, a melting face, pointing fingers ...
The Unicode standard is a numbering system; fonts require individual drawings to represent characters.
Most readers will have at least some passing familiarity with the terms ‘Unicode’ and ‘UTF-8′, but what is really behind them? At their core they refer to character encoding… ...
What is a Unicode character? On whatever computer you use, there is a system that allows you to type special symbols and characters.
A phishing campaign targeting Booking.com users relies on a technique involving the ambiguity of Unicode characters.
In celebration of World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium this week confirmed the new emoji characters that will be added to Unicode 17 in the fall.
Following a pandemic-related delay, the Unicode Consortium has finalized Unicode 14.0. In all, the update adds 838 characters to the text standard. Of those 838 characters, 37 represent new emoji ...
Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji ...
Invisible characters spotted by some IDEs like JetBrains (Imgur) Playing around with invisible Unicode characters isn't new knowledge either.