Unicode Explained

Using Unibook

Unibook is software for offline browsing of information about characters, using a

graphic user interface, in a Windows environment. It can be downloaded for free from

http://www.unicode.org/unibook/, and it has detailed instructions for installation and

use. It has no technical support, though. Figure 4-4 is a snapshot of using Unibook:

the user has searched for “lira sign” (using Ctrl-F to invoke a Find dialog) and has got

the character highlighted in its position in a code chart. Clicking on the character causes

information to be displayed in a pop-up window, as shown in Figure 4-5.

Figure 4-2. A search from the Zvon database by character name has found the character, and a link

to information on it is included

Figure 4-3. Information on a character in the Zvon database

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Using the Unicode standard

Assuming

that you know the code number of a character, at least as a tentative answer

to the question “Which character should I use?”, you can consult the following to see

what the Unicode standard says about it:

• Its description in the code charts.

• Its properties as defined in the database. Note that this means several different

properties, defined in different files of the database.

• Any additional explanations you might find in the standard, ...