Overview – Unicode Unicode characters — A Global Standard to Support ALL the World’s Languages The Unicode standard was developed to address these issues The standard was created on an encoding foundation large enough to support the writing systems used by all the world’s languages
About Unicode How Did Unicode Get its Name? The Unicode Consortium started out as the standards body for character encoding and derives its name from three main goals: universal (addressing the needs of world languages) uniform (fixed-width codes for efficient access), and; unique (bit sequence has only one interpretation into character codes)
Technical Quick Start Guide - Unicode The foundational base of Unicode is the Unicode Standard, which defines characters (including emoji) and scripts It also provides properties that ensure the characters behave as expected on platforms Unicode’s programming libraries include ICU (International Components for Unicode) and ICU4X
FAQ – Unicode Q: What is Unicode? A: Unicode is the universal character encoding, maintained by the Unicode Consortium This encoding standard provides the basis for processing, storage and interchange of text data in any language in all modern software and information technology protocols
Basic Info – Unicode Follow links below for basic information about Unicode FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Overview Projects How to Use this Site
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About Emoji - Unicode 92% of the world’s online population use emoji in their communications – and Unicode defines the characters that make those human connections possible These 3,600+ emoji represent faces, weather, vehicles and buildings, food and drink, animals, and more
How to Use this Site – Unicode Welcome to the Unicode public website Members of the public and press will find information here about the Unicode Consortium, its mission, and projects The links along the left should help you find what you need to know about Unicode, emoji, how you can Adopt a Character, how to participate, and other topics
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