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Markus Kuhn [?ma?k?s ku?n] <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/> — 2002-07-25
The ASCII compatible UTF-8 encoding used in this plain-text file
is defined in Unicode, ISO 10646-1, and RFC 2279.
Using Unicode/UTF-8, you can write in emails and source code things such as
Mathematics and sciences:
∮ E?da = Q, n → ∞, ∑ f(i) = ∏ g(i), ???┌─────┐???
???│a2+b3 ???
?x∈?: ?x? = ???x?, α ∧ ?β = ?(?α ∨ β), ???│───── ???
???? c? ???
? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ??? ???
??? ∞ ???
⊥ < a ≠ b ≡ c ≤ d ? ? ? (?A? ? ?B?), ??? ? ???
??? ?a?-b????
2H? + O? ? 2H?O, R = 4.7 kΩ, ? 200 mm ???i=1 ???
Linguistics and dictionaries:
ei ?nt??n???n?l f??n?t?k ?so?si?e??n
Y [??psil?n], Yen [j?n], Yoga [?jo?gɑ]
APL:
((V?V)=??V)/V←,V ?←?→????￣???
Nicer typography in plain text files:
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║ ║
║ ? ‘single’ and “double” quotes ║
║ ║
║ ? Curly apostrophes: “We’ve been here” ║
║ ║
║ ? Latin-1 apostrophe and accents: '′` ║
║ ║
║ ? ?deutsche‘ ?Anführungszeichen“ ║
║ ║
║ ? ?, ?, ‰, ?, 3–4, —, ?5/+5, ?, … ║
║ ║
║ ? ASCII safety test: 1lI/, 0OD, 8B ║
║ ╭─────────╮ ║
║ ? the euro symbol: │ 14.95 € │ ║
║ ╰─────────╯ ║
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Combining characters:
STARGΛ?TE SG-1, a = v? = r?, a? ⊥ b?
Greek (in Polytonic):
The Greek anthem:
Σ? γνωρ?ζω ?π? τ?ν κ?ψη
το? σπαθιο? τ?ν τρομερ?,
σ? γνωρ?ζω ?π? τ?ν ?ψη
πο? μ? β?α μετρ?ει τ? γ?.
?Απ? τ? κ?κκαλα βγαλμ?νη
τ?ν ?Ελλ?νων τ? ?ερ?
κα? σ?ν πρ?τα ?νδρειωμ?νη
χα?ρε, ? χα?ρε, ?Ελευθερι?!
From a speech of Demosthenes in the 4th century BC:
Ο?χ? τα?τ? παρ?στατα? μοι γιγν?σκειν, ? ?νδρε? ?Αθηνα?οι,
?ταν τ? ε?? τ? πρ?γματα ?ποβλ?ψω κα? ?ταν πρ?? το??
λ?γου? ο?? ?κο?ω? το?? μ?ν γ?ρ λ?γου? περ? το?
τιμωρ?σασθαι Φ?λιππον ?ρ? γιγνομ?νου?, τ? δ? πρ?γματ?
ε?? το?το προ?κοντα, ?σθ? ?πω? μ? πεισ?μεθ? α?το?
πρ?τερον κακ?? σκ?ψασθαι δ?ον. ο?δ?ν ο?ν ?λλο μοι δοκο?σιν
ο? τ? τοια?τα λ?γοντε? ? τ?ν ?π?θεσιν, περ? ?? βουλε?εσθαι,
ο?χ? τ?ν ο?σαν παριστ?ντε? ?μ?ν ?μαρτ?νειν. ?γ? δ?, ?τι μ?ν
ποτ? ?ξ?ν τ? π?λει κα? τ? α?τ?? ?χειν ?σφαλ?? κα? Φ?λιππον
τιμωρ?σασθαι, κα? μ?λ? ?κριβ?? ο?δα? ?π? ?μο? γ?ρ, ο? π?λαι
γ?γονεν τα?τ? ?μφ?τερα? ν?ν μ?ντοι π?πεισμαι το?θ? ?καν?ν
προλαβε?ν ?μ?ν ε?ναι τ?ν πρ?την, ?πω? το?? συμμ?χου?
σ?σομεν. ??ν γ?ρ το?το βεβα?ω? ?π?ρξ?, τ?τε κα? περ? το?
τ?να τιμωρ?σετα? τι? κα? ?ν τρ?πον ?ξ?σται σκοπε?ν? πρ?ν δ?
τ?ν ?ρχ?ν ?ρθ?? ?ποθ?σθαι, μ?ταιον ?γο?μαι περ? τ??
τελευτ?? ?ντινο?ν ποιε?σθαι λ?γον.
Δημοσθ?νου?, Γ? ?Ολυνθιακ??
Georgian:
From a Unicode conference invitation:
?????? ?????? ??????? ??????????? Unicode-?? ????? ????????????
????????????? ???????????, ??????? ?????????? 10-12 ?????,
?. ???????, ??????????. ??????????? ???????? ????? ????????
?????????? ???? ???????? ????????? ????????? ?? Unicode-?,
??????????????????? ?? ???????????, Unicode-?? ??????????
????????? ??????????, ?? ??????????? ???????????, ?????????,
????????? ???????????? ?? ???????????? ??????????? ??????????.
Russian:
From a Unicode conference invitation:
Зарегистрируйтесь сейчас на Десятую Международную Конференцию по
Unicode, которая состоится 10-12 марта 1997 года в Майнце в Германии.
Конференция соберет широкий круг экспертов по вопросам глобального
Интернета и Unicode, локализации и интернационализации, воплощению и
применению Unicode в различных операционных системах и программных
приложениях, шрифтах, верстке и многоязычных компьютерных системах.
Thai (UCS Level 2):
Excerpt from a poetry on The Romance of The Three Kingdoms (a Chinese
classic 'San Gua'):
[----------------------------/------------------------]
? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????
????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????
????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????
???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????
????????????????????????? ???????????????????????
?????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????
????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????
?????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ?
(The above is a two-column text. If combining characters are handled
correctly, the lines of the second column should be aligned with the
/ character above.)
Ethiopian:
Proverbs in the Amharic language:
??? ????? ??? ??????
?? ??? ?????? ??????
?? ???? ???? ???
?? ???? ?? ???? ??? ??????
??? ???? ??? ??????
??? ??? ?? ????
????? ??????
?? ???? ????? ???? ?????
?? ???? ???? ????
?? ????? ??? ??? ???? ????????
???? ?????? ??? ????? ??????
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???? ??? ???? ???
???? ?? ??? ???? ??????
????? ????? ?? ????
Runes:
?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ?? ??? ????? ??????????? ??? ?? ????
(Old English, which transcribed into Latin reads 'He cwaeth that he
bude thaem lande northweardum with tha Westsae.' and means 'He said
that he lived in the northern land near the Western Sea.')
Braille:
???? ??? ??????? ???
????? ??? ????? ?? ???? ???? ??? ?? ?? ????
?????? ???? ???? ?? ?????? ?? ??? ?????? ???
????? ?? ?? ????????? ?? ????? ?? ?????????
??? ?? ???? ?????? ??????? ????? ??? ???
????????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ??????? ??? ?????? ??
???? ?? ??? ??? ???? ???
??? ????? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??????????
???? ? ????? ???? ?? ??? ??? ? ???? ?? ??
?? ???????? ??? ??? ?? ?????????? ???? ????
? ?????????? ? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ??????? ??
????? ? ?????????? ?? ?? ?????? ????? ?? ??????????
? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ?????? ?? ?? ????????
?? ? ?? ??????? ??? ?? ???????? ?????
???? ??? ?????? ??? ?? ?? ???????? ???? ???? ??
???? ??????? ????? ?? ?? ??????? ????????????? ???
????? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??????????
(The first couple of paragraphs of "A Christmas Carol" by Dickens