9 Best Articles in 2022
Joel Spolsky
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
Joel Spolsky
~15 min read · From 2013 · Haven’t mastered the basics of Unicode and character sets? Please don’t write another line of code until you’ve read this article.
Reader View · Shared by 166, including Leslie D, Courtney Bolton ★, shishir das, Paddy Zab, Cameron Yick, Patric Fornasier, Alexander Seifert, nuuk, Dayyan Smith, Diego Paladino, Martin Keck, fgojalvo, Daniel Williams, Vikram Dutt, Bernardo Chaves, Veronika Lampion, melbic, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 Walton, Ettore Berardi, Thomas Kaul
Emojipedia 🇺🇦🌻
230 New Emojis in Final List for 2019
Emojipedia 🇺🇦🌻
4 min read · From 2019 · The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by the Unicode Consortium and includes a total of 230 new emojis [https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.0/] coming to major platforms this year. Additions…
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unicodearrows.com
Unicode Arrows
unicodearrows.com
2021-07-15 · ↬ the best part of the unicode spec ↫
Shared by 49, including Balda, anildash, "Humans Are Amazing", Moritz Stefaner, Stéphanie Walter, Andreas Klinger 🏝, Golan Levin 🇺🇦, Santiago Ortiz, Jer Thorp, Duncan Geere 🔰, Jerome Cukier, Esther Schindler, David Hellmann, rachel binx
Joel Spolsky
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
Joel Spolsky
~15 min read · From 2012 · Ever wonder about that mysterious Content-Type tag? You know, the one you’re supposed to put in HTML and you never quite know what it should be? Did you ever get an email from your friends in…
Reader View · Shared by 70, including Paulo Gaspar, Ahmad Ragab, Mara Averick, Oleg Baskov, Kenneth Kalmer, Data Science Renee, Bryan Onel, Thomas Power, Jesús Torres 👩💻
shapecatcher.com
Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want!
shapecatcher.com
2 min read · From 2011 · You need to find a specific Unicode character? With Shapecatcher.com you can search through a database of characters by simply drawing your character into a box. It can find the most similar character shapes for your drawing.
Reader View · Shared by 39, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Mike Taylor, Christophe Jean, Minnix, Kam, Kévin Ronceray, Bryan Onel
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Twemoji
twemoji.twitter.com
1 min read · From 2018 · Twitter’s open source emoji has you covered for all your project's emoji needs. With support for the latest Unicode emoji specification, featuring 2,685 emojis, and all for free.
Shared by 57, including DON’T PANIC, Stephanie A Kowalski, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Atul Pradhananga, Helmi, Victor Tolosa, Matt Navarra, José Rodrigues, Johannes Lenz, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Baadier Sydow 🇿🇦, Benoit Pontbriand
withblue.ink
When "Zoë" !== "Zoë". Or why you need to normalize Unicode strings
withblue.ink
4 min read · From 2019 · Never heard of Unicode normalization? You’re not alone. But it will save you a lot of trouble.
Reader View · Shared by 19, including Marius Bleuer, Simone Corsi 💻🚀
Emojipedia 🇺🇦🌻
What's New in Unicode 14.0
Emojipedia 🇺🇦🌻
5 min read · 2021-09-14 · Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including Biting Lip, Troll, Saluting Face, as well as two heart-related gestures: Heart Hands and Hand with…
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Brooke B. Sellas, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina
home.unicode.org
Emoji Frequency
home.unicode.org
1 min read · From 2019 · How does the Unicode Consortium choose which new emoji to add to the Unicode Standard? One important factor is data about how frequently current emoji are used. Patterns of usage helps to inform…
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nolanlawson.com
The struggle of using native emoji on the web
nolanlawson.com
9 min read · Apr 9th · Emoji are a standard overseen by the Unicode Consortium. The web is a standard governed by bodies such as the W3C, WHATWG, and TC39. Both emoji and the web are ubiquitous. So you might be forgiven …
Reader View · Shared by 95
XKCD Comic
Weird Unicode Math Symbols
XKCD Comic
Apr 13th · This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details.
Shared by 91, including Kevin J.S. Zollman, Elijah Manor, Tim Sweeney
Engadget
Unicode won't accept any new flag emoji
Engadget
1 min read · Mar 29th · Unicode has warned that it no longer accepts new flag emoji, as they're apparently too much of a hassle..
Shared by 7, including Matt Navarra
Quartz
Unicode will no longer accept proposals for new flag emoji
Quartz
3 min read · Mar 31st · Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Boas Ruh, Zach Seward
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Emojipedia 🇺🇦🌻
What's New In Unicode 11.0
Emojipedia 🇺🇦🌻
5 min read · From 2018 · Unicode 11.0 arrives on June 5, 2018. This signals the date which companies can begin supporting the new emojis. The final emoji list for 2018 was announced back in February, and the underlying release required to make this possible is now here.[1] Each vendor like Apple, Google, Microsoft
Reader View · Shared by 27, including 🚀 Perspective IX, Matt Navarra, Kohei Asai, mebmc, Mark Kaigwa
yuanchuan.name
Unicode Patterns
yuanchuan.name
2 min read · From 2018 · Lately I had some fun with Unicode in CSS and made several interesting background patterns with them.
There's one on Codepen.
Reader View · Shared by 25, including Tableless, Selim Imoberdorf, sascha aßbach
nolanlawson.com
The struggle of using native emoji on the web
nolanlawson.com
9 min read · Apr 9th · Emoji are a standard overseen by the Unicode Consortium. The web is a standard governed by bodies such as the W3C, WHATWG, and TC39. Both emoji and the web are ubiquitous. So you might be forgiven …
Reader View · Shared by 95
weirdonecharacterdomainsuperstore.com
Weird One Character Domain Superstore! Unicode IDN domains from á.xyz to 🧦.ws!
weirdonecharacterdomainsuperstore.com
3 min read · From 2018 · Unicode IDN domains from á.xyz to 🧦.ws!
Reader View · Shared by 24, including Chris Coyier, Nicolas Folliot
unicod.es
Unitools. Unicode mapping, mappers, maps. Unicode Tools, Utilities. Unicode Manipulate, Manipulation. Unicode Fonts, Glyphs. Fraktur Font. Full…
unicod.es
1 min read · From 2016 · Unitools is a suite of tools for working with Unicode in the browser. This is a collection of tools gathered from different sources on the net, and put onto one page for quick reference. The tools are…
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Paddy Zab, Michael Weibel
Mathias Bynens
JavaScript has a Unicode problem
Mathias Bynens
~17 min read · From 2013 · The way JavaScript handles Unicode is… surprising, to say the least. This write-up explains the pain points associated with Unicode in JavaScript, provides solutions for common problems, and explains…
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Ahmad Ragab, Pablo Felip, Michael Weibel
XKCD Comic
Weird Unicode Math Symbols
XKCD Comic
Apr 13th · This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details.
Shared by 91, including Kevin J.S. Zollman, Elijah Manor, Tim Sweeney
Boing Boing
2,000+ awesome hieroglyphs, coming soon to Unicode
Boing Boing
3 min read · From 2018
Reader View · Shared by 21, including Oleg Baskov
reedbeta.com
A Programmer’s Introduction to Unicode
reedbeta.com
~14 min read · From 2017 · Pixels and polygons and shaders, oh my!
Reader View · Shared by 29, including Dayyan Smith, Thomas Eichmann
