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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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...

Thursday, February 26, 2026

From Central Bank to Code Point: A Roadmap for Currency Symbol Implementation

I n the past year, several new currency symbols have been proposed for encoding in the Unicode Standard: February 2025: The Saudi Central Ba...

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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 hum...

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Unicode 18.0 Alpha review

Unicode 18.0 Alpha Review Opens for Feedback By: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical Committee The repertoire for Unicode Vers...

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Highlights from UTC Meeting #186

By: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical Committee The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) met January 21 – 23 in Sunnyvale, CA. Th...

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