After dillydallying for more than three years, the state government has finally decided to make Unicode fonts compulsory in Kannada software. It will be issuing an order to this effect by April 30.

But a technical report released by the Unicode Consortium--and simultaneously published as a note by the W3C's internationalization activity--warns document authors that some Unicode features are ...

The development of a Khmer Unicode system has helped eliminate competing digital Khmer scripts, meaning Cambodians can more easily write to one another in their native language, wherever they are.