Like any technical solution, Unicode has advantages and disadvantages. It even has (gasp) competitors. So rather than ignoring the fact that downsides exist, this article takes a look at Unicode's weak points.

Unicode - A description of the basic concept of Unicode plus links to related resources.

Test your Web browser and fonts for the ability to display the Unicode Bengali range of characters. Part of Alan Wood's Unicode Resources.

A chart showing a list of common Unicode Blocks, based on Unicode ranges

Official FAQ from the Unicode Consortium discussing ISCII and Unicode as well as common problems faced by developers and users.

Test Unicode support in your browser/system fonts. Download Code2000 shareware Unicode-based font. Links to Unicode resources and references.

Contains a variety of tutorials and details of conference sessions covering Unicode, the web, software and internationalization. Contains details of past conferences since 1996 and information about upcoming events.

The Unicode Consortium and The Unicode Standard

Several examples demonstrating compelling business uses of Unicode using UTF-8, UTF-16, and demonstrating supplementary characters.

Addressed topics ranging from Unicode use in the World Wide Web and in corporate and government intranets and databases, to the latest developments with Java. March 22-25, 1999 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.