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Enabling 👥 on our 🗺 to use 💻📱 in any language. Press → https://t.co/2rk0YGZDDT Emoji → https://t.co/Gy9XtSWik7
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Joined June 2010
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Among the 838 new characters in #Unicode14 are 37 new #emoji, along with new emoji sequences, that are expected to show up on 📱s, 💻s, and other platforms sometime next year → #絵文字
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214 characters from legacy computers and teletext that were proposed by @DougEwell, @BeckieRGB, and others in the “Terminals Working Group” in L2/19-025 were just accepted at #UTC158 for a future version of #Unicode →
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Unicode introduces 5 new symbols for #TransNeptunianObjects into Version 15.0 that come from findings out of @CalTech. @plutokiller
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We're excited to announce the 1.0 release of our new internationalization library, ICU4X!. ICU4X is modular, usable on low-resource devices, and can be used in many environments including Rust, C++, and JavaScript. Read more here:
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#Unicode12_1 は #新元号＃令和 の合字 U+32FF「SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA」一文字を加え、総文字数 137,929 個となります → #Reiwa 🇯🇵
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Adopt a character and help Unicode advance our mission to support the world’s languages. Gold, silver, and bronze level character adoptions are still available for your sweetie for #ValentinesDay at #UnicodeAdoptaCharacter.❣️💘😘🫀❤️🔥💋💝.
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✨🎉✨ #Unicode14 has been released! ✨❤️🔥✨ Bringing the total number of characters to 144,697! ✨🍾✨ More information can be found here →
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The 4,489 new characters in #Unicode15 include 20 new #emoji, along with new emoji sequences, expected to show up on 📱s, 💻s, and other platforms sometime next year → #絵文字
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NEW EVENT on July 13th! Just in time for #WorldEmojiDay, join this special conversation with our very own @jenniferdaniel and @annequito from @qz to learn How Emoji and Language Play Together in our World. Register here: 🎷🐛.
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#Kawi and #NagMundari are the two newly-encoded scripts in #Unicode15, thanks to the efforts of Aditya Bayu Perdana, @inurwansah, and @Biswaji13480606 →
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Adopt a character and help Unicode advance our mission to support the world’s languages. Gold, silver, and bronze level character adoptions are still available for #yearoftiger at #UnicodeAAC.🐯寅🧧🧨🐅虎.
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Unicode Version 15.1 will include 118 new RGI #emoji ZWJ sequences, 108 of which are directional variants of existing emoji, and are expected to start showing up on 📱s, 💻s, and other platforms sometime early next year → #絵文字 #Unicode15_1
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✨🍾✨ #Unicode13 has been released! ✨🎉✨ Bringing the total number of characters to 143,859! ✨🥳✨ More information can be found here →
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✨🎉✨ Unicode Version 16.0 has been released! ✨🧨✨ Bringing the total number of characters to 154,998! ✨🍾✨ Find more information here → #Unicode16
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Other character additions in Unicode Version 16.0 include seven new emoji, 3,995 additional Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and over 700 additional symbols from legacy computing environments → #絵文字 #Unicode16
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Among the 5,185 new characters in Unicode Version 16.0 are those for the newly-supported #Garay, #GurungKhema, #KiratRai, #OlOnal, #Sunuwar, #Todhri, and #TuluTigalari scripts → #Unicode16
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92% of the world’s online population use emoji — but which emoji are we using? #UnicodeEmojiMirror
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✨🎉✨ #Unicode11 is here! ✨🍾✨ Bringing the total number of #Unicode characters to 137,374. ✨🎉✨ More information here →
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✨🎉✨ #Unicode15 has been released! ✨🪩✨ Bringing the total number of characters to 149,186! ✨🍾✨ Find more information here →
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4,192 new ideographs as shown in IRG N2513 were accepted during #UTC169 for encoding in the new CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H block (U+31350 through U+323AF) for #Unicode15.
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The five newly-encoded scripts in #Unicode14 are #CyproMinoan, #OldUyghur, #Tangsa, #Toto, and #Vithkuqi, thanks to the efforts of @sei_berkeley, @anshumanpandey_, @Evertype, and others →
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✨🥳✨ #Unicode12 has been unleashed! ✨🎉✨ Bringing the total number of #Unicode characters to 137,929! ✨🍾✨ More information here →
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Are you ready for 7 new scripts and nearly 700 new characters? The 7 new scripts in #Unicode11 are #HanifiRohingya, #OldSogdian, #Sogdian, #Dogra, #GunjalaGondi, #Makasar & #Medefaidrin, thanks to the efforts of @anshumanpandey_ & others →
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Our profile’s background image, which was previously blank, is an excerpt from @Bathyporeia’s superb photo of the #RosettaStone that is available in @Wikipedia Commons, and shows the Egyptian hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts. © Hans Hillewaert / CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Unicode Consortium would like to welcome a new Technical Director, Roozbeh Pournader:
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We are pleased to announce that the “Last Resort” and “Last Resort High-Efficiency” fonts were updated for Unicode Version 14.0 earlier today, which involved two modified glyphs, 12 new glyphs, 838 mapping changes, and 13 glyph name changes.
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#Unicode12 reached a milestone by encoding 150 scripts. The four newly-encoded scripts are #Elymaic, #Nandinagari, #NyiakengPuachueHmong & #Wancho, thanks to the efforts of @anshumanpandey_ & @Evertype →
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A 2020 grant from @NEHgov has made it possible to continue the Unicode #Maya project to preserve #Maya #hieroglyphs in digital form →
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📢 New sessions are confirmed for UTW 2024! "Behind the Curtains: Unicode Technical Groups” "Encoding Expectations: How Long Does It Really Take?” “Bridging Languages in ICU4X: How Diplomat Brings i18n to the Web and Beyond." Secure your spot: #UTW2024
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🫣。🫧。🥹。🥲.。🫗 。👀。🫶🏿.✨。＼｜／。😶🌫️. Happy World. Emoji Day.🫡。／｜＼。❤️🩹.。🫂。 🫠。🫦。. 🫰🏻。 ❤️🔥。 🪸 😵.
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✨🎉✨ Unicode Version 15.1 has been released! ✨🧨✨ Bringing the total number of characters to 149,803! ✨🍾✨ Find more information here → #Unicode15_1
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The special-purpose “Last Resort” font, which can be used to display #Unicode characters using specialized glyphs that show their characteristics, is now available on @github with an #OpenSource license →
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The updated 622-ideograph CJK Unified Ideographs #ExtensionI block was accepted by the UTC for Unicode Version 15.1 during this week’s #UTC176 meeting, based on document L2/23-114R and Section 01 of document L2/23-163. #GB18030
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The nine pointed white star, which is a symbol that is used by members of the Bahá’í Faith, is one of the many new characters you will soon find in #Unicode15 →
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🎉 Happy #WorldEmojiDay! 📅 🎉. We’ve redesigned our home page (see the link in our profile) to make it easier to use on mobile devices, and easier to find info of general public interest. Of course, our more technical resources are still available →
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The bulk of the 627 new characters in #Unicode15_1 are 622 CJK Unified Ideographs in the new #ExtensionI block in Plane 2 → #CJK統合漢字 #CJK统一汉字 #拡張I #扩充I #GB18030
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#Unicode12_1 のコード表の「Enclosed CJK Letters and Months」ブロックに #令和 の合字 U+32FF「SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA」とその元となる U+4EE4「令」、U+548C「和」が記述されました → #新元号 #Reiwa 🇯🇵
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We have made another trip around our sun, so #Unicode15, now with nearly 150,000 characters, will be released very soon →
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The more the #Unicode Standard operates as building blocks instead of specific concepts, the more versatile, fluid, and useful #emoji become. Read about how the pink heart came to be, and why you can expect to find it on your keyboard soon. #Unicode15
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Unicode thanks Rothwell Right Angle with Downwards ZigZag Arrow, our newest Bronze Sponsor! #UnicodeSponsor
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The 4,939 CJK Unified Ideographs in #ExtensionG were accepted at #UTC160 for #Unicode13, and will represent the first characters to be encoded in #Plane3 (aka TIP meaning “Tertiary Ideographic Plane”). #CJK統合漢字 #CJK統合漢字拡張G
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#Unicode10 is here at last! 8,518 new characters! 136,690 characters in total! More information can be found here →
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The code charts for the main CJK Unified Ideographs block will now support seven columns for accommodating the addition of thousands of KP-source ideographs → #Unicode15_1
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For those who have been patiently waiting, #Unicode14, with over 144,000 characters, will be released very soon →
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#Unicode14 includes significant Arabic script additions, such as characters used for languages across Africa and in Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Java, and Bosnia, to write honorifics, and additions for Quranic use →
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#Unicode12_1 adds exactly one character, U+32FF SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA, bringing the total number of characters to 137,929 → #令和 #新元号 #Reiwa 🇯🇵
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Also among the 838 new characters in #Unicode14 are nine CJK Unified Ideographs that have been appended to the URO, #ExtensionB, and #ExtensionC blocks → #CJK統合漢字
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Unicode Technical Note #43, “Unihan Database Property #kStrange,” which was written by @ken_lunde to document this new provisional Unihan Database property that was accepted for #Unicode14, was issued today → #UTN43
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Among the 684 new characters in #Unicode11 are 66 new #emoji that may show up on 📱s and 💻s later this year → #絵文字
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Among the 554 new characters in #Unicode12 are 61 new #emoji that are expected to show up on 📱s, 💻s, and other platforms later this year → #絵文字
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#Unicode11 adds #Mtavruli letters to support modern #Georgian casing practices, thanks to the efforts of @Evertype, @nikagujejiani, @Jilbertaz & @razmadzekoko → (photo © @merabi2008)
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Ken Lunde honored with the 2018 Unicode Bulldog award.
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@Unicode adds #Indigenous characters to the Unicode Standard for the Carrier, Sayisi, and Ojibway Syllabics-using communities.
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🔍💡 NEW EVENT APRIL 16!!! Registration Open: ! Got an emoji idea that's too good to keep to yourself? Join us to learn how to create an emoji proposal with the best chance of being accepted! Ask the experts your questions. #Unicode #EmojiCommunity #AAC.
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#Unicode11 bridges the digital divide with support for the #SoutheastAsian #HanifiRohingya script, thanks to the efforts of @anshumanpandey_ →
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The bulk of the 4,489 new characters in #Unicode15 are 4,192 CJK Unified Ideographs in the new #ExtensionH block in Plane 3, along with one that has been appended to the #ExtensionC block → #CJK統合漢字 #CJK统一汉字 #拡張H #扩充H
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The next version of the #Unicode Standard, Version 15.1 with just under 150,000 characters, will be released very soon → #Unicode15_1
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#Unicode12 introduced improved representative glyphs for some scripts and characters, such as for the #Bopomofo script, and for the Won currency sign, U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN, to better align with modern practice in Korea → #ㄅㄆㄇㄈ #注音符號 🇰🇷
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Among the 8,518 new characters in #Unicode10 are 56 new #emoji that may show up on 📱s and 💻s later this year → #絵文字
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Coming Soon: Following the recent announcement of Japan’s new era name, #Reiwa, we will be responding quickly by releasing #Unicode12_1 to support the square ligature form of that name → #令和 #新元号 🇯🇵
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