Unicode standard

Unicode standard

The Unicode standard is a character coding system designed to support the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world.

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Control codes

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The 65 characters in the ranges U+0000..U+001F and U+007F..U+009F. Also known as control characters.

Dasia

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Greek term for rough breathing mark, used in polytonic Greek character names.

Cursive

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Writing where the letters of a word are connected.

Extended grapheme cluster (EGC)

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The text between extended grapheme cluster boundaries as specified by Unicode Standard Annex #29, "Unicode Text Segmentation." * Extended grapheme clusters are defined in a parallel manner to legacy ...

Fixed property

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A property whose values (other than a default value), once associated with a specific code point, are fixed and will not be changed, except to correct obvious or clerical errors. * For a fixed ...

Fixed position class

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A subset of the range of numeric values for combining classes— specifically, any value in the range 10..199. * Fixed position classes are assigned to a small number of Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Telugu, ...

Extended combining character sequence (ECCS)

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A maximal character sequence consisting of either an extended base followed by a sequence of one or more characters where each is a combining character, zero width joiner, or zero width non-joiner ; ...