Unicode Explained

Jukka K. Korpela

ISBN 10: 059610121X / ISBN 13: 9780596101213

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA, 2006

About this Item

2006. Paperback. Possessing what readers need to grasp Unicode, this book takes on a guide through the character world. It is suitable for both beginning and seasoned programmers. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: UMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1150. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unicode Explained
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059610121X
• ISBN 13: 9780596101213
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Fundamentally, computers just deal with numbers. They store letters and other characters by assigning a number for each one. There are hundreds of different encoding systems for mapping characters to numbers, but Unicode promises a single mapping. Unicode enables a single software product or website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. It's no wonder that industry giants like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM andMicrosoft have all adopted Unicode.

Containing everything you need to understand Unicode, this comprehensive reference from O'Reilly takes you on a detailed guide through the complex character world. For starters, it explains how to identify and classify characters - whether they're common, uncommon, or exotic. It then shows you how to type them, utilize their properties, and process character data in a robust manner.

The book is broken up into three distinct parts. The first few chapters provide you with a tutorial presentation of Unicode and character data. It gives you a firm grasp of the terminology you need to reference various components, including character sets, fonts and encodings, glyphs and character repertoires.

The middle section offers more detailed information about using Unicode and other character codes. It explains the principles and methods of defining character codes, describes some of the widely used codes, and presents code conversion techniques. It also discusses properties of characters, collation and sorting, line breaking rules and Unicode encodings. The final four chapters cover more advanced material, such as programming to support Unicode.

You simply can't afford to be without the nuggets of valuable information detailed in Unicode Explained.

About the Author

Jukka Korpela is a consultant who specializes in character codes, localization, orthography, usability, and accessibility. After graduating from Helsinki University of Technology, he taught these subjects in the university's Computer Science department and worked on localization and accessibility issues at TIEKE before becoming a full-time author and consultant. His previous books on CSS and XHTML were published in Finland by Docendo press.