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Unicode has been dubbed "a silent typographic revolution”

Decodeunicode is an open source project to demystify Unicode. Developed under professor Johannes Bergerhausen at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany, the project uses wiki-like functionality to collect information on every single character. That way, expert knowledge can be systematically collected and made accessible to the general public.

http://decodeunicode.org

What is Unicode?
A character encoding standard that is already established as a world standard and today, it encodes over 50.000 characters

Where did it come from?
The Unicode Consortium is a not-for-profit organization founded by all the major computer companies and its mission is to ensure consistency in the digital encoding of typographic characters.
 
How does it work?
Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language.
 
Why should I care?
Unicode enables a single software product or a single website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. It offers significant cost savings over the use of legacy character sets.
 
Enjoy,
 
Monique LaLonde