Intended audience

Anyone who wants to better understand how scripts work in computerised environments, and more particularly with regards to Unicode. The material should be accessible for a wide audience, from software engineers to managers.

While the tutorial is perfectly accessible to beginners, it has also attracted very good reviews from people at an intermediate and advanced level, due to the breadth of scripts discussed. No previous knowledge is assumed.

Why should you read this?

When planning to introduce products into new markets it is important to understand the impact of having to support different scripts. The tutorial will make clear that this is not usually a trivial issue, and if you need to implement support, it may involve decisions at a very early stage in the design process.

This tutorial is particularly useful for people who are new to Unicode, in that it provides an overview of the basics in the context of real examples.