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.

Instead of copying and pasting Internet search results for characters like an animal, use UniChar, an iOS keyboard app that puts the rest of Unicode’s more traditional characters and symbols ...

The new standard brings users 838 new Unicode characters, including five new scripts. Version 14 also has 37 new emojis, including handshakes and heart hands, a melting face, pointing fingers ...

Until 2005, Unicode did not have one of the characters in the Bengali word for “suddenly”. Instead, people who wanted to write this everyday word had to combine three separate, unrelated ...

UTF Encoding A UTF-8 character is also a Unicode character that consists of 8 bytes. A byte is a small computer unit. UTF-8 is also an efficient format used widely in transmissions over the Internet.

right there with you, bags-under-eyes emoji Unicode 16.0 release with new emoji brings character count to 154,998 New designs will roll out to phones, tablets, and PCs over the next few months.

Aside from the new emoji, Unicode 7.0 brings new characters for several currencies including the Russian ruble, as well as more symbols and extensions to existing character scripts.

Unicode 8, which includes specifications for the emoji modifiers that Apple introduced with iOS 8.3 and OS X 10.10.3, is set to be released in mid-2015 and is currently in beta testing.