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. · Shared by 166, including Leslie D, Courtney Bolton ★, shishir das, Paddy Zab, Cameron Yick, Patric Fornasier, nuuk, Alexander Seifert, Dayyan Smith, Diego Paladino, melbic, fgojalvo, Daniel Williams, Vikram Dutt, Bernardo Chaves, Ettore Berardi, Martin Keck, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 Walton, Veronika Lampion, 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… · Shared by 100, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Johannes Lenz, Connecticut SEO, Builtvisible, M.G. Siegler, Anil, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, hiten.eth, Mark Kaigwa, Una 👩🏻💻🇺🇦 @ Infobip Shift, Joe Lencioni, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Matt Navarra
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Unicode Arrows
unicodearrows.com
2021-07-15 · ↬ the best part of the unicode spec ↫ · Shared by 49, including Balda, Anil, Duncan Geere 🔰, Moritz Stefaner, Stef Walter, Andreas Klinger 🏝, Golan Levin, Santiago Ortiz, Jer Thorp, "Humans Are Amazing", 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… · Shared by 71, 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. · 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 60, including Atul Pradhananga, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Johannes Lenz, Victor Tolosa, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Jennifer Daniel, José Rodrigues, Matt Navarra, Baadier Sydow 🇿🇦, Helmi, Benoit Pontbriand, DON’T PANIC
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 … · Shared by 163
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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. · 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… · Shared by 33, including Brooke B. Sellas, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina
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Updates to Emoji: New Characters, New Animation, New Color Customization, and More!
developers.googleblog.com
3 min read · Sep 13th · Earlier today the Unicode Consortium published all data files associated with the Unicode 15.0 release, including 21 new emoji characters. · Shared by 20, including Una 👩🏻💻🇺🇦 @ Infobip Shift, Kevin Marks, 🌽〈link href=//johnmu.com rel=canonical 〉🌽, Jennifer Daniel
Emojipedia
What's New in Unicode 15.0
Emojipedia
5 min read · Sep 13th · The latest emoji list drafted by the Unicode Consortium is due for formal approval today, with new emojis including a Goose, a Hyacinth, a Shaking Face, and a plain Pink Heart. The release of version… · Shared by 8, including Matt Navarra
TechCrunch
Google has already published its version of the new 31 emojis
TechCrunch
2 min read · Sep 14th · Unicode Consortium, an organization maintaining the official emojis catalog for smartphones, published the Unicode 15.0 standard on Tuesday with 31 new emojis including a pushing hand, a shaking face… · Shared by 8, including Keith Keller
Slashdot
Unix Legend Adding Unicode Support To AWK
Slashdot
1 min read · Aug 23rd · Co-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests. From a report: A Princeton professor, finding a little time for himself in the summer academic lull, emailed an old friend… · Shared by 6
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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… · Shared by 63, including Claudia Sommer, Tactical Tech, Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, Gisele Navarro, Jennifer Daniel, Monica Burns, Ed.D. #EdTech, David Papandrew, Brian Roemmele, KOstas, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Guillermo Rauch, Matt Navarra
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 · 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. · Shared by 25, including Tableless, Selim Imoberdorf, sascha aßbach
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
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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! · Shared by 24, including Chris Coyier, Nicolas Folliot
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… · Shared by 20, including Ahmad Ragab, Pablo Felip, Michael Weibel
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… · Shared by 10, including Paddy Zab, Michael Weibel
Boing Boing
2,000+ awesome hieroglyphs, coming soon to Unicode
Boing Boing
3 min read · From 2018 · 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! · Shared by 29, including Dayyan Smith, Thomas Eichmann
