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Unicode 16.0 Alpha Review Opens for Feedback
The repertoire for Unicode Version 16.0 is now open for early review and comment until April 2. As a reminder, during alpha review the repertoire is reasonably mature and stable, but is not yet...
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Unicode CLDR v45 Alpha available for testing
The Unicode CLDR v45 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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Breaking the Cycle 🔗💥
by Jennifer Daniel(This article was originally published on Jennifer’s Substack, January 17, 2023.)This past Fall, the Unicode Technical Committee announced the delay of Unicode 16.0. This wasn’t...
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Emoji submissions intake process opening on April 2, 2024!
It’s that time of year. For some of us that means the birds are chirping and the weather is getting warmer. For others, the leaves are changing color and you’re unpacking your coats. No matter where...
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Cathy Wissink joins Unicode Board, other Board Updates
Unicode Consortium is excited to welcome Cathy Wissink to the Board effective immediately. Cathy is a 30-year veteran of the global tech industry. Most of her career was spent at Microsoft, with her...
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Volunteer Spotlight — Roozbeh Pournader
“The rewards have been much greater than I could have ever imagined.” Roozbeh Pournader has been a volunteer at Unicode since 1999. His first exposure to Unicode was in the late 90’s when he and...
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Wikimedia Foundation Joins as an Associate Member of the Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is pleased to announce that Wikimedia Foundation has joined as its latest organizational member. The Wikimedia Foundation hosts the most multilingual top-10 website on the...
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Unicode CLDR v45 Beta available for specification review
The Unicode CLDR v45 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...
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ICU 75 Released
Unicode® ICU 75 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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Unicode CLDR v45 released
The Unicode CLDR v45 is now available and has been integrated into version 75 of ICU. The CLDR v45 release page has information on accessing the data, reviewing charts of the changes, and — importantly...
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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...
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