As a result, the Unicode Transformation Format 8 (UTF-8) encoding supports 2 31 code points, with most characters in the current Unicode character set requiring generally one or two bytes each.

The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the Unicode standard, the elaborate character set that ensures that our phones, tablets, PCs, and other devices can all ...

Not a dumpling one — at least, not anytime soon. The Unicode Consortium has taken in 74 emoji into its new Unicode 9 standard, set for release in June.

It’s official: The Unicode Consortium recently confirmed 72 new emoji for the Unicode 9 set, which is scheduled to drop later in June of 2016. If you’re wondering how to get the Unicode 9 ...

Displaying Unicode in Notepad. If you have viewed a Web page containing strange characters you did not understand, you may have seen Unicode characters. Unicode consists of a character set that ...

Out of about 120,000 characters Unicode deals with, roughly 0.015% are emoji. The first emoji convention, Emojicon, was held in San Francisco on Nov. 4 through 6, 2016.

Jul 16, 2021 / 05:54 AM EDT Jul 16, 2021 / 05:54 AM EDT MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (CBS) – In preparation for World Emoji Day, emoji-maker Unicode is out with its finalists for a new update.

The 74 new proposals have already been accepted by the Unicode Technical Committee. A final determination will be made for the ones to be added to Unicode 9.0, which is set for release in June 2016.