Tag: Unicode
Announcing The Unicode® Standard, Version 17.0
The Unicode Consortium has released Unicode 17.0, adding 4,803 characters, new scripts, and emojis to support global digital communication.
The Week in Review: Language Industry News July 28–August 1
The Week in Review: Language Industry News — explore how AI, sustainability, and global standards shaped this week’s top updates.
Unicode Technology Workshop 2025 Opens Registration and Call for Submissions
Registration is open for Unicode Technology Workshop 2025. Submit your session proposal by July 31. Event runs Nov 11–13 in California.
Bidi 3: Mastering Bidirectional Content for Translators & Localizers
Bidi is a feature of certain scripts – such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Urdu – that write their letters horizontally right-to-left on a page or screen, whereas other characters, such as digits, flow left-to-right.
Toral Cowieson
Unicode CEO Toral Cowieson works at the heart of the international coalition that keeps technology working for everyone. The group’s text encoding standard guarantees that the characters and scripts displayed on your digital devices function properly in your language of choice. MultiLingual spoke to her about this essential work that makes the world go around.
Mastering Bidirectional Text: Navigating Complex Scripts in Digital Platforms
Learn about Unicode’s webinars addressing challenges for developers, localizers, and translators when working with bidirectional text in scripts like Arabic, Hebrew, and Adlam. Access resources and sign up for future events.
New Event! Bidirectional Text (Part 2): Delving into Bidi
In this free webinar by the Unicode Consortium, experts will delve deeper into the complexities of handling right-to-left and left-to-right text within the same document.
New Event! – Bidirectional Text (Part 1): The Basics of Bidi
Join the webinar on June 25th to learn about handling bidirectional text in browsers and software. Live Q&A with Richard Ishida and Roozbeh Pournader. Register now!
What’s in an emoji? More than you think!
Unicode Emoji Standard and Research Working Group members will dive into their specialty in a webinar scheduled for Tuesday.