Unicode Explained

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 678 pages
• Published by: O'Reilly Media, Inc. June 21, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 059610121X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0596101213
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 2 pounds

Reader Reviews
                          ¶ I had another Unicode book on my desk for a long time. Hardbound, thick, impressive. Never found a way to derive useful information from it however. This book is different. ¶ I had high expectations for this book because the author, Jukka Korpela, is one of those erudite and patient people who work hard to raise the signal to noise ratio in Internet newsgroups and other forums. I certainly have quite a few posts from "Yucca" in my working archive of Web tips. ¶ Working with Web pages and applications, one can run into practical problems with text display. For Americans especially, often using default software configurations, some of the problems of displaying content in other languages can seem intractable. They are not of course -- but a bit of help from workers in the rest of the world can be a real lift. After all, they deal with these issues in a practical way more often. ¶ I had a nasty run-in (also known as "learning experience") with browser display issues when my "CSS Cheatsheet" rose in popularity in Google and other search engines. I decided to create a page quoting comments from linking sites in their native languages. Everything was fine until I got to Russian. I felt as if I were up against a conspiracy of browsers, tools, operating systems and even particular custom configurations! ¶ If you are like me and your focus is practical, I recommend: The first two chapters in Part 1: Characters as Data; Writing Characters All the advanced topics in Part 3: these 5 chapters covered character issues involved with programming and developing in the Internet environment. ¶ Overall, this book is well-organized and quite readable, with lots of relevant illustrations. Important material is repeated and summarized for greater clarity. The author also used lots of examples from Windows programs that are familiar to many of us. This is a real plus. Comment | | (Report this)