Character encoding



The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) by Joel Spolsky of JoelonSoftware.com (this is now outdated, but still a reasonable starting point).
        The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) - Joel on Software

response to it (n.b.: This article is dated 2001, and much has changed regarding Unicode since that time)
        Slashdot | Why Unicode Will Work On The Internet

A strong denunciation of Unicode , and a
        Why Unicode Won't Work on the Internet

Alan Wood's Unicode Resources Contains lists of word processors with Unicode capability; fonts and characters are grouped by type; characters are presented in lists, not grids.
        

ConScript Unicode Registry a project to standardize part of the Private Use Area for use with artificial scripts and artificial languages. An explanation of how to propose character names in Unicode is available here.
        ConScript Unicode Registry

Characters vs Bytes explains how the different encodings work.
        ongoing · Characters vs. Bytes

The secret life of Unicode "A peek at Unicode's soft underbelly" Describes problems requiring resolution. Includes links to Unicode resources.
        The secret life of Unicode

Unicode special character map resembles the Windows version. Click a symbol to obtain either the named or numeric code for HTML.
        Lazy Tool's Unicode Character Map

Example text files using Unicode cam examples
        Index of /~mgk25/ucs/examples

character map (requires JavaScript)
        Free Online Unicode Character Map

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 Code Charts and a
        JavaScript Unicode Charts

Table of Unicode characters from 1 to 65535
        Table de caractères Unicode

Unicode Code Converter v3 people scripts conversion
        Unicode Code Converter v3

decodeunicode Unicode-Wiki with 50.000 gifs in three sizes. English/German.
        decodeunicode.org . Letzte Ă„nderungen

Code Charts ( PDF file)
        Code Charts - Scripts

characters and scripts under investigation investigation
        Characters and Scripts Under Investigation

scripts and
        Proposed New Scripts

new characters pipeline
        Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table

The VIQR Convention
        The VIQR Convention

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