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ICU 78 Released
Unicode® ICU 78 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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ICU4X 2.1 released!
The ICU4X Technical Committee is happy to announce ICU4X 2.1, an update to our modular, portable, and secure i18n library.ICU4X is Unicode's modern, lightweight, portable, and secure i18n library....
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Unicode CLDR 48 available
Unicode CLDR 48 is now available and has been integrated into version 78 of ICU. Some of the most significant changes in this release are the following (for more detail, see the CLDR 48 release note...
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Introducing the Unicode Inflection Library Technical Preview Release
The problem of linguistic inflection has long been a barrier to effective software internationalization. The problem is even more visible today with multimodal UIs. In many languages, word forms change...
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UTC #185 Highlights
Unicode Technical Committee meeting #185 was held October 27 – 29 in Cupertino, CA, hosted by Apple. Here are some highlights.Starting the Unicode 18.0 cycleAs we've been following an annual September...
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Opening CLDR Survey Tool early for DDL locales
We are announcing an early submission window for the CLDR Survey Tool, exclusively for Digitally Disadvantaged Languages (DDLs). These include languages across the world that lack full digital support,...
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Unicode ICU 78.2 and CLDR 48.1 released
There are new maintenance releases of ICU and CLDR, with some small but significant changes. To find out more and to download these releases, go to: ICU 78.2 Release NoteCLDR 48.1 Release NoteCLDR and...
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Highlights from UTC Meeting #186
By: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical CommitteeThe Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) met January 21 – 23 in Sunnyvale, CA. Thanks to Unicode member organization, Google, for hosting. Here...
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Unicode 18.0 Alpha review
Unicode 18.0 Alpha Review Opens for FeedbackBy: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical CommitteeThe repertoire for Unicode Version 18.0 is now open for early review and comment. During alpha...
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UTS #58: Making URLs Readable for Humans: From %E0%A4%AE… to महात्मा
People around the world need to use their writing systems in URLs. This is important: in writing their native languages, the majority of humanity uses characters outside of A-Z, and they expect those...
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From Central Bank to Code Point: A Roadmap for Currency Symbol Implementation
In the past year, several new currency symbols have been proposed for encoding in the Unicode Standard:February 2025: The Saudi Central Bankannounced the creation of a new symbol for the Saudi...
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UTS #18: More Unicode Properties in Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions, or “Regex”, are the invisible workhorses of the digital world. Regex allows apps and computer systems to find, validate, and change text based on patterns rather than specific...
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