The Unicode Consortium website lists 12 full members – which all get a vote – including big players in tech: Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Adobe.

The Unicode standard is a numbering system; fonts require individual drawings to represent characters.

Unicode is responsible for bringing out new emoji with every version it releases. Unicode 8.0 added the unicorn and thinking face, while Unicode 9.0 featured the addition of bacon and an avocado ...

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

Once the Unicode Consortium decides on a final candidate list in September, the finalists will make their way to your devices starting in late 2021 and throughout 2022.

Unicode made the announcement on Tuesday in a blog post, stating all the data and documentation required for implementation of the Emoji 12.0 set had been released. The new set includes 59 brand ...