UTF-8 Conversion Tool - http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/utf-8.html Converts between Unicode characters, code points and UTF-8, displayed in various formats.
Free Online Unicode Character Map - http://www-atm.physics.ox.ac.uk/user/iwi/charmap.html Interactive map with buttons for selecting arbitrary Unicode characters for copying and pasting into other applications, plus search engines tools. Requires Javascript.
Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation: Unicode Utilities - http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Carbon/text/UnicodeUtilities/unicodeutil.html Utilities from Apple for the Mac OS environment. Some documents require Acrobat Reader.
IBM developerWorks: Unicode - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/unicode A developer resource for building applications for a worldwide audience, with technical and editorial articles.
The Secret Life of Unicode - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/u-secret.html A look at some of Unicode's weak points and disadvantages.
Adobe: Unicode and Glyph Names - http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/type/unicodegn.jsp A description of PostScript glyph naming conventions in the context of Unicode.
Fontboard - http://zsigri.tripod.com/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.
UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ - http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html A resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems.
Microsoft : Unicode Codepages - http://www.microsoft.com/OpenType/unicode/unicodecp.htm A list of common codepages with tables in text and graphical formats.
Decimal, Hexadecimal Character Codes in HTML Unicode - http://code.cside.com/3rdpage/us/unicode/converter.html An online tool for converting between multinational characters and their decimal and hexadecimal equivalents.
Unicode, MBCS and Generic text conversion - http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/unicode.asp A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL.
Tackling a Daunting Task - http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/09/book/ Eugene Eric Kim reviews "Unicode: A Primer".
UTF-8 Sampler - http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/utf8.html Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties.
ConScript Unicode Registry - http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/ Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area.
Unicode Fonts - http://www.unicodefonts.com/ Concise information on Unicode fonts for hardware and software developers.
International Unicode Conferences - http://www.unicode.org/unicode/conference/about-conf.html 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 Unicode Consortium - http://www.unicode.org/ The official site with information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work.
The Unicode Standard - http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.1.0/ The online edition of version 4.1.0 of this standard.
Unicode Blocks - http://www.ascendercorp.com/unicodeblocks.html A list of the standard Unicode blocks.
Fingertipsoft: Character Set Converter - http://www.fingertipsoft.com/csconv/index.html Converts multilingual text between Unicode and other popular character sets.
Linux Unicode How-to - ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/utf8/Unicode-HOWTO.html How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp)
Unicode and Multilingual Support in Web Browsers and HTML - http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/index.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 used to test browsers and fonts.
Zvon Character Search - http://www.zvon.org/other/charSearch/PHP/search.php 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 - http://www.zvon.org/xxl/characterReference/Output/index.html A reference of visually similar characters and their Unicode values, which can be downloaded for off-line use.
On the Goodness of Unicode - http://tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/06/Unicode Explains the purpose and use of Unicode.
Unicode Example - http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/unicode-example-intro.html Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.
Unicode Tutorial - http://www.jbrowse.com/text/ A reference to Unicode terms and concepts aimed at a basic to intermediate level.
Demystifying Unicode - http://www.simultrans.com/seminars/seminar199808.htm Information on technical aspects from SimulTrans.
Sharmahd Computing UniPad - http://www.unipad.org/main/ A Unicode plain text editor for the Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems.
TITUS - http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/unicode/unitest2.htm Browsers test for Unicode compatibility.
Wikipedia - Unicode - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources.
MyMyanmar - http://www.mymyanmar.net Information on Unicode support for writing Myanmar text and related software/fonts.
International Components for Unicode - http://www.icu-project.org/ 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]
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