UTW 2025: Demystifying Unicode Text Display

Demystifying Unicode Text Display: From Unicode Code Points to Positioned Glyphs Presented by Peter Constable, Ned Holbrook This session offers a practical overview of how Unicode text turns into what we see on screen. Aimed at i18n engineers and localizers, the talk will unravel the complex steps involved in displaying a single line of text, including font selection and fallback, bidi, shaping, glyph substitution, and more. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of Unicode and of text display behaviours that affect user experiences across languages. To learn more about Unicode, please visit: https://unicode.org/about.html https://aac.unicode.org/adopt https://www.unicode.org/events/utw/ https://www.unicode.org/events/utw/2025/talks/demystifying-unicode-text-display/ #internationalization #unicode #technology #tutorial #utw2025 #i18n #codepoints #localization #text #font #bidi #languages