Sharmahd Computing UniPad - A Unicode plain text editor for the Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems.

The Unicode Consortium - The official Unicode web site provides extensive information and resources for programmers, implementers and others involved in globalization work.

Fingertipsoft: Character Set Converter - Converts multilingual text between Unicode and other popular character sets.

Sun Microsystems: Unicode Support in Solaris 7 - Information for software developers interested in Unicode support in this operating environment, including an overview, multilingual support in Solaris, application development and codeset conversions.

Unicode Characters FAQ - FAQ and overview of the various scripts covered by Unicode and their characters and glyphs.

Unicode Transformation Formats - Detailed reference for the Unicode Transformation Formats used to store or transmit Unicode data in 7-bit or 8-bit environments (UTF-7 and UTF-8).

Unicode Support in Your Browser - Test browser and operating system compatibility. Also downloadable Unicode fonts and links to other resources and references.

Rosette - Rosette is a C++ library for Unicode from Basis Techology. The site also contains an overview of Unicode, technical information on database support and a free demonstration of the software.

ConScript Unicode Registry - Information on block assignment in the Unicode Private Use Area.

Adobe: Unicode and Glyph Names - A description of PostScript glyph naming conventions in the context of Unicode.

Linux Unicode How-to - How to adapt Linux systems to use UTF-8 encoding. (ftp)

Tackling a Daunting Task - Eugene Eric Kim reviews "Unicode: A Primer".

UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ - A comprehensive resource about Unicode and UTF-8 on Unix and Linux systems.

TITUS - Browsers test for Unicode compatibility.

Fontboard - Multilingual fonts and keyboards for Unicode-compliant and pre-Unicode applications. Also contains information on CJK, Maltese, Esperanto, Arabic, Cyrillic and Hebrew and links to related resources.

UTF-8 Sampler - Examples of the UTF-8 Unicode encoding method demonstrating its ASCII-preserving properties.

Why Unicode Won't Work on the Internet: Linguistic, Political and Technical Limitations - A paper outlining issues with encoding all the world's character sets within the limitations of the existing Unicode standards, and the possible impact this will have on East Asian languages.

Who doesn't know what Unicode is? - C-Kermit and Unicode issues explored.

IBM developerWorks: Unicode - A developer resource for building applications for a worldwide audience, with technical and editorial articles.

Demystifying Unicode - Information on technical aspects from SimulTrans.

International Unicode Conferences - Contains a variety of tutorials and details of conference sessions covering Unicode, the web, software and internationalization. Contains details of past conferences since 1996 and information about upcoming events.

Microsoft : Unicode Codepages - A list of common codepages with tables in text and graphical formats.

Unicode character directory - A directory of character tables at held at Lancaster University.

Unicode, MBCS and Generic text conversion - A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets easier for C++, MFC and STL.

Zvon Character Search - Finds properties of Unicode characters and determines its usage in XML documents. It also enables search of HTML and MathML entities and searches based on visual similarity. A browse by scripts, blocks or digits is also available.

Zvon Character Reference - A reference of visually similar characters and their Unicode values, which can be downloaded for off-line use.

Unicode Example - Demonstrates the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.

Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation: Unicode Utilities - Utilities from Apple for the Mac OS environment. Some documents require Acrobat Reader.