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Announcing ICU4X 2.0 Beta 1 (and UTW 2024 recording)
Across the globe, people are coming online with smaller and more varied devices including smartphones, smartwatches, and gadgets. An offshoot of the International Components for Unicode (ICU) Technical...
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Feedback Requested on Proposed Draft UTS #58 Unicode Linkification
Feedback is requested on Proposed Draft UTS #58 Unicode Linkification, especially by technologists working with browsers and any programs that automatically apply links to URLs, such as email programs....
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UTC #181 Highlights
Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting #181 was held November 6 – 8 in Cupertino, hosted by Apple. Here are some highlights.Starting the Unicode 17.0 cycleUTC approved a plan and timeline for the...
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🎁 Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024
What is Giving Tuesday?Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.This Giving Tuesday, join us in...
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Heiltsuk Revitalization: Introducing New Letters for the Haíɫzaqv Language
By Kevin King, Type Designer & Researcher, TypothequeIndigenous people in British Columbia speaking Haíɫzaqv language were missing characters to correctly render the language in writing. As part of...
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MessageFormat 2.0 Final Candidate: Review Requested
Unicode recently released CLDR 46.1, a special interim release of CLDR that focuses on the Final Candidate release of MessageFormat 2.0. There are a few other changes, which are summarized at the end...
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Highlights from UTC #182
By Peter Constable, UTC ChairA huge thank you to Google for hosting Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting #182 last week, January 22 – 24th in Sunnyvale, CA!For complete details, see the draft UTC...
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Unicode 17.0 Alpha Review Opens for Feedback
The repertoire for Unicode Version 17.0 is now open for early review and comment. During alpha review, the repertoire is reasonably mature and stable but is not yet completely locked down. Discussion...
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Unicode Welcomes New Board Chair and Members
Mark Davis Steps Down as Board ChairMark Davis, co-founder of the Unicode Consortium and a pivotal figure in global digital communication, has transitioned from Chair of the Board of Directors to a...
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Unicode CLDR 47 Alpha Now Available for Testing
The Unicode CLDR 47 Alpha is now available for integration testing. CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages (dates, times, numbers, sort-order, etc.) For...
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Unicode CLDR 47 Beta available for specification review: MessageFormat now...
The Unicode CLDR 47 Beta is now available for specification review and integration testing. The release is planned for April 17th, but any feedback on the specification needs to be submitted well in...
View ArticleSave the Date! Unicode Technology Workshop [November 11-13, 2025]
We are excited to announce that Microsoft will be hosting the 3rd annual Unicode Technology Workshop at its Silicon Valley campus!📅 Dates: November 11-13✈️ Nearest Airports: San Francisco International...
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Support for the New Saudi Riyal Currency Symbol
In February of this year, the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the creation of a new symbol to represent the Saudi riyal currency. This was widely noticed by users, font developers and other...
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Unicode CLDR 47 Release: MessageFormat 2.0 StableCLDR 47 is now available and has been integrated into version 77 of ICU. The CLDR 47 release page has information on accessing the data, reviewing...
View ArticleICU 77 Now Available!
Unicode® ICU 77 has just been released. ICU is the premier library for software internationalization, used by a wide array of companies and organizations to support the world's languages, implementing...
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Call for Submissions Open! -- So You Have an Idea for an Emoji? That’s...
First of all—congratulations on even thinking about contributing a new emoji to the world! The fact that you're curious about the Unicode emoji proposal process means you're already part of a fun,...
View ArticleInternationalization & Unicode Technologies: Learn the Concepts, Apply the...
We are pleased to announce that the Unicode Consortium will be onsite atLocWorld53 from June 3-5, 2025 in Malmö, Sweden. LocWorld is a premier conference for localization professionals, networking, and...
View ArticleHighlights from UTC #183
By Peter Constable, Chair of UTCUnicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting #183 was held April 22 – 24. Thanks to member company Microsoft for hosting at its Mountain View, CA campus. Here are some...
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Unicode CLDR Version 48: Submission Open
The Unicode CLDR Survey Tool is open for submission for version 48. CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages (dates, times, numbers, sort-order, etc.). All major...
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Unicode 17.0 Beta Review Open
The beta review period for Unicode® 17.0 has started and is open until July 1, 2025.The beta is intended primarily for review of character property data and changes to algorithm specifications (Unicode...
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ICU4X 2.0 released!
At the intersection of human and computer languages, internationalization (i18n) continues to play a pivotal role in modern software. Evolving i18n libraries means better quality experiences, improved...
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Unicode Technology Workshop 2025 — Call for Submissions Now Open!
📣 Call for Submissions Now Open!Unicode is pleased to announce thatsession proposals for UTW 2025 are now being accepted!We are seeking proposals for workshops, seminars, case studies, and tutorials...
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Registration for Unicode Technology Workshop 2025 is now open!
Join us at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, California for one, two, or all three days of community building around the Unicode technology that makes software work for billions of...
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🥳 Say Hello to the New Emoji Coming in Unicode 17.0 This Fall! ✨
From 🥹 to 🦖 to 🎸, emoji have become the world's favorite way to say anything—without saying a word. Whether you're texting your best friend, posting on social media, or cheering someone up with a...
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Highlights from UTC Meeting #184
The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting #184 was held last week, July 22 – 24, in Redmond, Washington, hosted by Microsoft. Here are some highlights.Finalizing Unicode 17.0The top priority was to...
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