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Unicode standard
The Unicode standard is a character coding system designed to support the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world.
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directionality property
Computer; Unicode standard
A property of every graphic character that determines its horizontal ordering as specified in Unicode Standard Annex #9, “Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.”
display cell
Computer; Unicode standard
A rectangular region on a display device within which one or more glyphs are imaged.
double-byte character set (DBCS)
Computer; Unicode standard
One of a number of character sets defined for representing Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text (for example, JIS X 0208-1990). These character sets are often encoded in such a way as to allow ...
multibyte character set
Computer; Unicode standard
One of a number of character sets defined for representing Chinese, Japanese, or Korean text (for example, JIS X 0208-1990). These character sets are often encoded in such a way as to allow ...
ductility
Computer; Unicode standard
The ability of a cursive font to stretch or compress the connective baseline to effect text justification.
