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The [[Unicode]] <!-- (ISO 10646 UCS) --> standard does not specify or create any font ([[typeface]]), a collection of graphical shapes called glyphs, itself. Rather, it defines the abstract characters as a specific number (known as a ''code point'') and also defines the required changes of shape depending on the context the glyph is used in (e.g., [[combining character]]s, [[precomposed character]]s and [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]]-[[diacritic]] combinations). The choice of font, which governs how the abstract characters in the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS) are converted into a bitmap or vector output that can then be viewed on a screen or printed, is left up to the user. If a font is chosen which does not contain a glyph for a code point used in the document, it typically displays a question mark, a box, or some other [[substitute character]].
[[Computer font]]s use various techniques to display characters or glyphs. A [[bitmap font]] contains a grid of dots known as [[pixel]]s forming an image of each glyph in each face and size. [[Outline font]]s (also known as vector fonts) use drawing instructions or mathematical
Fonts also include embedded special [[orthography|orthographic]] rules to output certain combinations of letterforms (an alternative symbols for the same letter) be combined into special [[Ligature (typography)|ligature forms]] (mixed characters). [[Operating system]]s, web browsers ([[user agent]]), and other software that extensively use typography, use a font to display text on the screen or print media, and can be programmed to use those embedded rules. Alternatively, they may use external script-shaping technologies (rendering technology or “[[smart font]]” engine), and they can also be programmed to use either a large Unicode font, or use multiple different fonts for different characters or languages.
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<abbr title="Universal Coded Character Set">UCS</abbr> has over 1.1 million code points, but only the first 65,536 (the Plane 0: [[Basic Multilingual Plane]], or BMP) had entered into common use before 2000.
:''See the [[Unicode planes]] article for more information on other planes, including: Plane 1<!--always capital P-->: [[Supplementary Multilingual Plane]] (SMP), Plane 2: [[Supplementary Ideographic Plane]] (SIP), Plane 14: [[Supplementary Special-purpose Plane]] (SSP), Plane 15 and 16: reserved for [[Private Use Areas]] (PUA).''
The first Unicode fonts (with very large character sets and supporting many [[Unicode blocks]]) were [[Lucida Sans Unicode]] (released March 1993), [[Unihan font]] (1993), and [[Everson Mono]] (1995).
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