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Corentin Jabot
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A long time ago
In galaxy not far away at all
3200 BCE 𒁹 𒈫 𒐍 𒀭 𒅅 𒊓 𒋟
2000 BCE 𓇍𓅓𓊵 𓃾 𓉐 𓌙 𓇯 𓀠 𓏲 𓏭 𓈈 𓄤 𓂝 𓂧 𓌅 𓈖 𓆓 𓊽 𓁹 𓂋 𓇑 𓃻 𓁶 𓌓 𓏴
1200 BCE 目 人 木 魚 马 马 豕 丹佛你好
1100 BCE 𐤕 𐤔 𐤓 𐤒 𐤑 𐤐 𐤏 𐤎 𐤍 𐤌 𐤋 𐤊 𐤉 𐤈 𐤇 𐤆 𐤅 𐤄 𐤃 𐤂 𐤁 𐤀
800 BCE 𐡕 𐡔 𐡓 𐡒 𐡑 𐡐 𐡏 𐡎 𐡍 𐡌 𐡋 𐡊 𐡉 𐡈 𐡇 𐡆 𐡃 𐡄 𐡃 𐡂 𐡁 𐡀
Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ϝ Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ 𐌌 Ν Ξ Ο Π Ϻ Ϙ Ρ Σ Τ Ͳ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
700 BCE 𐌀 𐌂 𐌄 𐌅 𐌆 𐌇 𐌈 𐌉 𐌊 𐌋 𐌌 𐌍 𐌐 𐌑 𐌒 𐌓 𐌔 𐌕 𐌖 𐌗 𐌘 𐌙 𐌚
A B C D E F Z H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X
200 BCE 𑀓 𑀔 𑀕 𑀖 𑀗 𑀘 𑀙 𑀚 𑀛 𑀜 𑀝 𑀞 𑀟 𑀠 𑀡 𑀢 𑀣 𑀤 𑀥 𑀦 𑀧 𑀨 𑀩 𑀪 𑀫 𑀬 𑀭 𑀮 𑀯 𑀰 𑀱 𑀲 𑀳
𝋠 𝋡 𝋢 𝋣 𝋤 𝋥 𝋦 𝋧 𝋨 𝋩 𝋪 𝋫 𝋬 𝋭 𝋮 𝋯 𝋰 𝋱 𝋲 𝋳
200 CE ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛝ ᛟ ᛞ
400 CE a b c d e f h i j k l m n o p q r s t v x z
                                                                                    السلام عليكم
600 CE 挨拶
ༀ ༁ ༂ ༃ ༄ ༅ ༆ ༇ ༈ ༉ ༊ ༑ ༒ ༓ ༔ ༕ ༖ ༗ ࿐ ࿑ ࿒ ࿓ ࿉ ࿊ ࿋ ࿌
900 CE こんにちは
А В Г Д Е Ж Ѕ Ꙁ И І К Л М О П Р С Т ОУ Ф Х Ѡ Ц Щ ЪІ Ѣ Ꙗ Ѥ Ю Ѫ Ѭ Ѧ Ѩ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ҁ
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नमस्ते, दुनिया
1400 CE 안녕하십니까
3200 BCE □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□
2000 BCE ð“‡ð“…“𓊵 𓃾 𓉠𓌙 𓇯 ð“€  𓲠𓭠𓈈ˆ– 𓆠𓂋 𓇑 𓃻 𓶠𓌓 ð“´
1200 BCE 目 人 木 魚 马 马 豕 丹佛你好
1100 BCE ?% ?% ?# ?%? ?" ?" ?% "e% R ?ｷ?Q ?%S ?%T O%P ?%U ?%W ?%X
800 BCE ð¡• ð¡” ð¡“ ð¡’ ð¡‘ ð¡ ð¡ ð¡Ž ð¡ 𡌠𡋠𡊠𡉠𡈠𡇠𡆠𡃠𡄠𡃠𡂠ð¡ ð¡€
Α Î’ Γ Δ Ε Ïœ Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ ðŒŒ Î Îž Ο Π Ϻ Ϙ Ρ Σ Τ Ͳ Î¥ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
700 BCE ðŒ€ ðŒ‚ ðŒ„ ðŒ… ðŒ† ðŒ‡ ðŒˆ ðŒ‰ ðŒŠ ðŒ‹ ðŒŒ ðŒ ðŒ ðŒ˜ ðŒ™ ðŒš
A B C D E F Z H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X
200 BCE 𑀓 ð‘€” 𑀕 ð‘€– ð‘€— 𑀘 ð‘€™ 𑀚 ð‘€› 𑀜 𑀠𑀞 𑀟 ð€¯ ð‘€° ð‘€± ð‘€² ð‘€³
ð‹ð‹¡ ð‹¢ ð‹£ ð‹¤ ð‹¥ ð‹¦ ð‹§ ð‹¨ ð‹© ð‹ª ð‹« ð‹¬ ð‹­ ð‹® ð‹¯ ð‹° ð‹± ð‹² ð‹³
200 CE áš  ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ áš± áš² áš· áš¹ áš» áš¾ ᛠᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ á› á›’ á›– á›— ᛚ ᛜ á› á
400 CE a b c d e f h i j k l m n o p q r s t v x z
السلام عليكم
600 CE 挨拶
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900 CE ã“ã‚“ã«ã¡ã¯
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1400 CE 안녕하십니까

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Unicode

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Unicode

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Unicode

1988

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Characters per character sets

Writing systems are legacy
 

Writing systems are legacy patrimoine

All programming languages supporting Unicode...

  • Swift
  • Java/JavaScript
  • Python 3
  • Safe Rust
  • D
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • C#

 

... Except

  • C
  • C++

Libraries

  • ICU
  • Qt
  • Boost.Text
  • std::locale

SG-16 is working on it

  • C++20: char8_t
  • C++23: Many proposals

We meet every couple of weeks to talk about cafés and ıstanbul

SG-16 is working on it

  • C++20: char8_t
  • C++23: Many proposals

We meet every couple of weeks to talk about cafés and ıstanbul Istanbul

SG-16 is working on it

  • C++20: char8_t
  • C++23: Many proposals

We meet every couple of weeks to talk about cafés and ıstanbul Istanbul istanbul

SG-16 is working on it

  • C++20: char8_t
  • C++23: Many proposals

We meet every couple of weeks to talk about cafés and ıstanbul Istanbul istanbul Constantinopole

Maybe Text is too complicated

Let's go back to hieroglyphs 2.0

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7 bits of information

  • Unicode consortium
  • Google□s Noto project
  • Windows 1903
    (please update all windows system by the next WG21 meeting)
  • Peter Bindels' Unicode talk
  • JeanHeyd Meneide's encoding talk
  • Hana Dusｧ?\kovｧ?Q's CTRE
  • Michaｬﾖｦ｣ Dominiak, Martin Hoｬﾖ｡ﾃeｬﾖｦｨovskｬ?k , ?ﾐ□?ﾐ□?ﾐ□ﾐｰﾐｲ, ?犂ﾜｺ?省???祥ﾅ?, ...