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SILICON Joins as Supporting Member of the Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is pleased to announce that SILICON has joined as a Supporting Member. The Stanford Initiative on Language Inclusion & Conservation in Old & New Media (SILICON) is a...
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Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) Updates from Meeting #179
by Peter Constable, UTC Chair The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) met last week (April 23 to 25) in San Jose, California. Thanks to Unicode member company Adobe for hosting. Here are some highlights...
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Unicode CLDR Version 46 Submission Open
The Unicode CLDR Survey Tool is open for submission for version 46. 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 16.0 Beta Review Open
The beta review period for Unicode® 16.0 has started and is open until July 2,2024. The beta is intended primarily for review of character property data and changes to algorithm specifications...
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New Event on June 25 - Webinar on Bidirectional Text (Part 1): The Basics of...
Registration is Now Open! A number of scripts, such as Hebrew, Arabic and Urdu, write their letters horizontally on a page or screen, running right to left. A complication for these scripts is that...
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Interview with Unicode Volunteer - Addison Phillips
Throughout the year, we engage in in-depth discussions with Unicode contributors to spotlight their vital contributions and share their stories. These conversations are a key part of our initiative to...
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Announcing Updated Technical Group Procedures at Unicode
We are pleased to announce that the Unicode Consortium has updated its Technical Group Procedures. Last revised in January 2022, these new procedures are more closely aligned with our current...
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Unicode Technology Workshop 2 — Call for Submissions Now Open!
Event Dates: October 22-23, 2024Where: San Francisco Bay Area (Hosted at Google’s Sunnyvale, California campus). For planning purposes, the closest airports are San Francisco International Airport...
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Bidirectional Text (Part 2): Delving into Bidi -- Registration Now Open!
When: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 starting at 10:00 (San Francisco), 13:00 (New York), 17:00 (UTC) and 19:00 (Berlin).About the Webinar A number of scripts, such as Hebrew, Arabic and Urdu, write their...
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Highlights from Unicode Technical Meeting #180
by Peter Constable, UTC Chair Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meeting #180 was held July 23 – 25 in Redmond, Washington, hosted by Microsoft. Here are some highlights.Finalizing Unicode 16.0 One...
View ArticleUnicode Consortium - Updated Terms of Use
The Unicode Consortium has recently updated its Terms of Use. These Terms of Use govern the use of Unicode products and services available on Unicode’s website and from third-party hosting sites such...
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Unicode CLDR v46 Alpha available for testing
The Unicode CLDR v46 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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Announcing The Unicode® Standard, Version 16.0
Version 16.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available. This is a major version update that includes new characters and code charts, new data files and annexes, an updated core specification, and...
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Bloomberg Joins as Supporting Member of the Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is pleased to announce that Bloomberg has joined as a Supporting Member. Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and...
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Unicode CLDR 46 Beta available for specification review
The Unicode CLDR 46 Beta is now available for specification review and integration testing. The release is planned for October 24rd, but any feedback on the specification needs to be submitted well in...
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Unicode Technology Workshop on October 22-23 – Program Updates!
By the UTW 2024 Program CommitteeJoin us for two days of community building around the Unicode technology that makes software work for billions of people. With a deeper emphasis on case studies,...
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Time and Trust
By Samuel Minev-Benzecry, SILICON InternDuring the summer of 2024, Unicode’s internship program included interns from Stanford University, Northeastern University, and Google’s Summer of Code. Several...
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Unicode CLDR 46 available
Unicode CLDR 46 is now available and has been integrated into version 76 of ICU. The most significant data changes in this release were: Updated to Unicode 16.0 (including major changes to...
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ICU 76 Released
Unicode® ICU 76 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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Script Encoding and Cultural Identity: Navigating Digital Exclusion
By Maroua Bezzaoui, SILICON InternDuring the summer of 2024, Unicode’s internship program included interns from Stanford University, Northeastern University, and Google’s Summer of Code. Several of the...
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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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