What is Unicode and why is it important?

Unicode is a universal computing standard for working with texts in all of the world’s writing systems. When you use Unicode, you …

  • make the text easily available to users around the world on any platform and software environment
  • ensure that your text will also be usable in future implementations
  • allow your text to be indexable by search engines and other systems
  • guarantee compatibility between your project and other projects

Unicode