UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ, demos

[Michael Lazzaro]

Here is an extensive FAQ for Unicode and UTF-8:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html

and here is a test file that will show you how many of the "most common glyphs" (WGL4, via Microsoft) you are capable of displaying in your current setup:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wgl4.txt

A reduced list of interesting characters is as follows. Note that I may not be sending them all correctly, as not all of them are available on OSX. And that not all interesting characters are a part of the WGL4 set.

00AB # « LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
00BB # » RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK

00AC # ¬ NOT SIGN
2202 # ∂ PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
2206 # ∆ INCREMENT
220F # ∏ N-ARY PRODUCT
2211 # ∑ N-ARY SUMMATION
2219 # ÅE BULLET OPERATOR
221A # √ SQUARE ROOT
221E # ∞ INFINITY
221F # àA RIGHT ANGLE
2229 # Åø INTERSECTION
222B # ∫ INTEGRAL
2248 # ≈ ALMOST EQUAL TO
2260 # ≠ NOT EQUAL TO
2261 # Åfl IDENTICAL TO
2264 # ≤ LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
2265 # ≥ GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO
00D7 # Å~ MULTIPLICATION SIGN
00F7 # ÷ DIVISION SIGN
00B0 # ° DEGREE SIGN
00B1 # ± PLUS-MINUS SIGN
00B5 # µ MICRO SIGN
00B6 # ¶ PILCROW SIGN
2020 # † DAGGER
2021 # ‡ DOUBLE DAGGER
2022 # • BULLET
2026 # … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
2030 # ‰ PER MILLE SIGN

00A1 # ¡ INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
00A2 # ¢ CENT SIGN
00A3 # £ POUND SIGN
00A4 # °Ë CURRENCY SIGN
00A5 # ¥ YEN SIGN
00A6 # ∫ BROKEN BAR
00A7 # § SECTION SIGN
00A8 # ¨ DIAERESIS
00A9 # © COPYRIGHT SIGN
00AA # ª FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
00AD # ú SOFT HYPHEN
00AE # ® REGISTERED SIGN
00AF # ¯ MACRON
00B2 # ©˜ SUPERSCRIPT TWO
00B3 # ©¯ SUPERSCRIPT THREE
00B7 # · MIDDLE DOT
00B8 # ¸ CEDILLA
00BA # º MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
00BF # ¿ INVERTED QUESTION MARK
203C # ᥠDOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK
02C7 # ˇ CARON
02D8 # ˘ BREVE
02D9 # ˙ DOT ABOVE
02DA # ˚ RING ABOVE
2122 # ™ TRADE MARK SIGN
2126 # Ω OHM SIGN

2190 # Å© LEFTWARDS ARROW
2191 # Å™ UPWARDS ARROW
2192 # Å® RIGHTWARDS ARROW
2193 # Å´ DOWNWARDS ARROW
2194 # °Í LEFT RIGHT ARROW
2195 # ¢’ UP DOWN ARROW

0391 # Éü GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
0392 # Ɇ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA
0393 # É° GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
0394 # ɢ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA
0395 # ɣ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
0396 # ɧ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA
0397 # É• GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA
0398 # ɶ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA
0399 # Éß GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA
039A # É® GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA
039B # É© GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA
039C # É™ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU
039D # É´ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU
039E # ɨ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI
039F # É≠ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON
03A0 # ÉÆ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI
03A1 # ÉØ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO
03A3 # É∞ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
03A4 # ɱ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU
03A5 # É≤ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON
03A6 # É≥ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI
03A7 # ɥ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI
03A8 # ɵ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI
03A9 # Ω GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA

03B1 # Éø GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
03B2 # É¿ GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA
03B3 # É¡ GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA
03B4 # ɬ GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA
03B5 # É√ GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON
03B6 # Ƀ GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA
03B7 # É≈ GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA
03B8 # É∆ GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA
03B9 # É« GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
03BA # É» GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA
03BB # É… GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA
03BC # É  GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
03BD # ÉÀ GREEK SMALL LETTER NU
03BE # ÉÃ GREEK SMALL LETTER XI
03BF # ÉÕ GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON
03C0 # π GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
03C1 # ɜ GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO
03C2 # V GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA
03C3 # É– GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA
03C4 # É— GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU
03C5 # É“ GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON
03C6 # É” GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI
03C7 # É‘ GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI
03C8 # É’ GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI
03C9 # É÷ GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA


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