Sunday, June 8, 2008

Displaying International Fonts and Characters on the Web

How do you display web content in languages other than English?

The quick answer is to use unicode. Unicode is a standard that includes character representations encompassing all living languages.

When using unicode, appropriate fonts have to be available on each viewer's computer. Otherwise, the unicode characters won't be rendered. You can test which unicode characters are available on your system – unknown characters show up as rectangles or squares rather than characters.)

There are also additional factors to consider. Details...