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Characters vs. Bytes Characters vs. Bytes- Tim Bray, co-editor of the XML standard, discusses various Unicode encodings and their pros and cons. The History of UTF-8 as Told by Rob Pike The History of UTF-8 as Told by Rob Pike- Rob Pike explains the history of how Ken Thompson invented UTF-8 and its first implementation in Plan 9. Hello World or Καλημέρα κόσμε or こんにちは 世界 Hello World or Καλημέρα κόσμε or こんにちは 世界- Paper by Bell Labs researchers Rob Pike and Ken Thompson explaining how they used UTF-8 to make Plan 9 the first operating system with U… Gallery of Unicode Fonts Gallery of Unicode Fonts- A gallery that displays samples of available Unicode fonts for dozens of different writing systems. Unicode, MBCS and Generic text conversion Unicode, MBCS and Generic text conversion- A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL. The Unicode Standard The Unicode Standard- The online edition of version 4.1.0 of this standard. MyMyanmar MyMyanmar- Information on Unicode support for writing Myanmar text and related software/fonts. On the Goodness of Unicode On the Goodness of Unicode- Explains the purpose and use of Unicode. ConScript Unicode Registry ConScript Unicode Registry- Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area. Wikipedia - Unicode Wikipedia - Unicode- A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources. Adobe: Unicode and Glyph Names Adobe: Unicode and Glyph Names- A description of PostScript glyph naming conventions in the context of Unicode. UTF-8 Conversion Tool UTF-8 Conversion Tool- Converts between Unicode characters, code points and UTF-8, displayed in various formats. Unicode Fonts Unicode Fonts- Concise information on Unicode fonts for hardware and software developers. Fontboard Fontboard- Multilingual fonts and keyboard layouts for Unicode-compliant and pre-Unicode applications. Also contains information on CJK, Maltese, Esperanto, Arabic, Cyrillic and H… Unicode Example Unicode Example- Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language. Unicode and Multilingual Support in Web Browsers and HTML Unicode and Multilingual Support in Web Browsers and HTML- A guide to displaying thousands of foreign and special characters in Web pages, with the aid of Unicode, plus notes on s… International Unicode Conferences International Unicode Conferences- Includes a variety of tutorials and details of conference sessions covering Unicode, the web, software and internationalization. Includes detail… Who doesn't know what Unicode is? Who doesn't know what Unicode is?- C-Kermit and Unicode issues explored. Why Unicode Won't Work on the Internet: Linguistic, Political and Technical Limitations Why Unicode Won't Work on the Internet: Linguistic, Political and Technical Limitations- A paper outlining issues with encoding all the world's character sets within the limitatio… UTF-8 Sampler UTF-8 Sampler- Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties. TITUS TITUS- Browsers test for Unicode compatibility. UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ- A resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems. Linux Unicode How-to Linux Unicode How-to- How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp) The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets- An article by Joel Spolsky that explains the basics of Unicode and… International Components for Unicode International Components for Unicode- IBM's portable set of C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode support, internationalization, and globalization. Background information, user gui… The Unicode Consortium The Unicode Consortium- The official site with information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work. UTF-8 Encoding Table and Unicode Characters UTF-8 Encoding Table and Unicode Characters- Reference table of Unicode code points, their UTF-8 encoding, corresponding HTML character entities and other information. SpywareGuard SpywareGuard- Provides a real-time protection solution against spyware. Avira: Free Antivirus Avira: Free Antivirus- Free antivirus package for use by private individuals. User guide and link to support forum. Virtual-Protect Software Virtual-Protect Software- MyFolder offers password protection of folders on local hard drive. English and Russian versions. [Windows XP/Vista]