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Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web Browsers and Other Applications http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/ Lots of good information about Unicode, fonts, editors, and more Alan Wood : 2009
Unicode Character Database (UCD) http://www.unicode.org/ucd/ “The Unicode Character Database (UCD) consists of a number of data files listing character properties and related data along with a documentation file that explains the organization of the database and the format and meaning of the data in the files.” Unicode.org : 2010
Unicode Consortium http://www.unicode.org/ The organization responsible for defining the Unicode character set. Explanations, FAQ, glossary Unicode Consortium : 2010
UTF-8: The Secret of Character Encoding http://htmlpurifier.org/docs/enduser-utf8.html Very nice readable explanation of UTF-8, programming issues, etc. HTML Purifier : 200x

Unicode in databases - Search Google http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=database+collation+unicode A Google search for "database collation unicode" Google : 2009

BabelPad http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelPad.html BabelPad Unicode Text Editor. BabelStone : 2009

Developing Non-English Web Sites with Unicode http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/ The basics of Unicode for foreign language and what kinds of utilities are needed for foreign language support. A great resource collecting everything you need to write web pages in many different scripts. :