Wikipedia:WikiProject Typography/Unicode: Difference between revisions

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** The literal Unicode [[Character (computing)|character]]

** For web browsers which support Unicode and can render it properly, gives the user a "native" presentation

** Allows the reader to copy-and-paste the characters for real usage (like [[Character Map|Charmap]])

** The {{tl|Unicode}} template is used

* "Image" column

** A sample rendering of the Unicode [[glyph]], as a(see [[raster#Glyph graphics|rasterimages]] or [[vector graphics|vector]] graphic)

** For systems/browsers which cannot render Unicode (or specific characters), allows the reader to see intended appearance

** Provides a consistency check for character, image, and browser. Discrepancies will stand out.

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*** All of "Wheel of Dharma" is wikilinked, because [[Dharmacakra]] is synonymous with "Wheel of Dharma"

*** "Emoticon" is a parenthetical, as that is not part of the official Unicode codepoint name

* "DecimalHex" and "HexDecimal" columns

** The codepoint number, in both [[decimal]] (base ten) and [[hexidecimalhexadecimal]] (base 16) formats

** Syntax is omitted (e.g., “<code>U+</code>”, “<code>&u</code>”, “<code>0x</code>”, etc.)

** Such syntax is specific to the usage (Unicode specification, HTML, Perl, etc.); it is not a universal form. By omitting it, anyone can copy-and-paste the actual value, and add whatever syntax they need (or none at all).