Unicode has released the latest version of its characters and symbols standards, including 250 new emoji. Some of the new symbols may surprise you.

According to Unicode’s website, before their standard system was developed, hundreds of different systems were used to assign code combinations to letters, numbers, and symbols in different ...

Uniconsole lets you copy “unconvential” Unicode characters and symbols of various kinds and alphabets. While you can find these for free on the web, Uniconsole provides a nice interface to switch ...

Unique combinations of numbers identify every character be it letters, punctuation marks or symbols from different languages worldwide. And Unicode is the name for those agreed numbers.

Remember, Unicode is just a directory of numbers. You need letters! And to type in these letters, someone has to design a typeface that corresponds to those codes.

Only in the past few years has Unicode started the work of coding the Javanese script, used by up to 98 million people; Pahawh Hmong, used by perhaps 2.7 million; and the N’ko alphabet, which is ...