ASCII and its variants, code pages for non-Latin languages, then Unicode brought three major formats with endian variants and normalisation forms.
UTF-8
All about plain text, rich text, RTFD, .doc, .docx, HTML, webarchive, WordML, ODT and Pages formats, and how much space they take.
Thanks to Michele, who discovered one of those rare Unicode UTF-16 text files, found that DelightEd couldn’t make […]
Most Central Government departments still depend on Microsoft Office. How will they and we cope with new official open standards?
In the first of a series, this explains how Macs work with Unicode, how to get the best out of that, and how to fix its problems.
The Eclectic Light Company 