The range of characters that can be represented by Unicode is truly bewildering. If there’s a symbol that was ever used to represent a sound or a concept anywhere in the world, chances are pretty good ...

For anyone old enough to have worked with the hell of multiple incompatible character sets, Unicode has been a liberation; a true One Character Set To Contain Them All. We have so many Unicode ...

What other common (or uncommon I suppose...) text encoding formats are there besides ASCII and Unicode.<BR><BR>I know that in ASCII the string 12345 would be stored as 3132333435. I've seen that ...

What, pray tell, is that "8." short for? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think that if your inability to use written language correctly is literally part of your identity, maybe you shouldn't be ...

It's easy to mistake an "l" for a "1" or an "I" with a poorly designed typeface. (Ahem.) Fortunately, modern fonts tend to use a variety of techniques to disambiguate those easily confused ...

Daniel writes guides on how to use the internet, explainers on how modern technology works, and the occasional smartwatch or e-reader review. He especially likes deep diving into niche topics that ...

Google just released Android 16 DP2, and it includes support for 7 new emoji. The new emoji include a face with bags under the eyes, a fingerprint, a harp, and more. These 7 emoji are part of the ...

Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, and while the update didn't include any new emoji, a future iOS 26 update will bring eight new emoji to your iPhone. The Unicode Consortium approved eight emoji in ...