Friday, September 25, 2026

Unicode CLDR 49 Beta available for specification review

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The Unicode CLDR 49 Beta is now available for specification review and integration testing. The release is planned for October 21th, 2026, ...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

Recent Unicode Happenings: September 2026

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Introducing the Davis Prize and Mark Davis Distinguished Lecture To read, write, and connect digitally in one’s own language is not a “conve...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Announcing the Unicode® Standard, Version 18.0

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Version 18.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available. The Unicode Standard is the foundation for all digital communications, and this new v...
Friday, September 4, 2026

Unicode CLDR 49 Alpha available for testing

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The Unicode CLDR 49 Alpha is now available for integration testing. CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

ICU4X 2.3 Released!

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 The ICU4X Technical Committee is happy to announce ICU4X 2.3, an update to our modular, portable, and secure i18n library. ICU4X is Unicod...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Why do some new emoji look familiar?

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By Jennifer Daniel, originally posted on Substack Hello from the formatting trenches of the internet. If you are reading, congratulations! T...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Recent Unicode Happenings: June 2026

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Do you call it soccer or football? Is ⚽ “bola,” “ボール,” or “ كرة?” The biggest sporting event in the world is underway — keep reading to find...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Unicode 18.0 Beta Review Opens for Feedback

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 By: Peter Constable, Chair of the Unicode Technical Committee The Unicode® Standard provides the character encoding that underlies text in ...