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Unicode 15 released

[Posted September 14, 2022 by corbet]

Version 15 of the Unicode standard has been released.

    This version adds 4,489 characters, bringing the total to 149,186
    characters. These additions include two new scripts, for a total
    of 161 scripts, along with 20 new emoji characters, and 4,193 CJK
    (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographs.


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Unicode 15 released

Posted Sep 14, 2022 18:16 UTC (Wed) by SLi (subscriber, #53131) [Link
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Why do we get to use the "bottom left part of glyph is damaged"
modifier only for hieroglyphs? :(
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Unicode 15 released

Posted Sep 14, 2022 21:03 UTC (Wed) by flussence (subscriber, #85566)
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It makes sense given the percentage of source material that needs it,
but I agree. Plenty of stuff written on paper could've used that too!
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Unicode 15 released

Posted Sep 14, 2022 19:05 UTC (Wed) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

Finally, a WiFi emoji!
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Unicode 15 released

Posted Sep 14, 2022 21:15 UTC (Wed) by Sesse (subscriber, #53779) [
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And one for HONK
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