UTF-8 encoded sample plain-text file @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Markus Kuhn [maks kun] @ 2002-07-25 The ASCII compatible UTF-8 encoding used in this plain-text file is defined in Unicode, ISO 10646-1, and RFC 2279. Using Unicode/UTF-8, you can write in emails and source code things such as Mathematics and sciences: D EEda = Q, n C D, D f(i) = D g(i), GGGJJJJJJJGGG GGGJa+b GGG DxDB: FxF = DFDxF,  D  = ( D ), GGGJJJJJJ GGG GGGG cA GGG B E BA E B E B E B E B, GGG GGG GGG D GGG E < a D b D c D d D E C (OAO C OBO), GGG G GGG GGG Ga@-b@GGG 2HA + OA C 2HAO, R = 4.7 k, F 200 mm GGGi=1 GGG Linguistics and dictionaries: i ntnnl fntk sosien Y [psiln], Yen [jn], Yoga [jog] APL: ((VFV)=FFV)/VC,V FCFCFDDE@FFF Nicer typography in plain text files: JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ J J J @ @single@ and @double@ quotes J J J J @ Curly apostrophes: @We@ve been here@ J J J J @ Latin-1 apostrophe and accents: '` J J J J @ @deutsche@ @Anfhrungszeichen@ J J J J @ @, @, @, @, 3@4, @, D5/+5, B, @ J J J J @ ASCII safety test: 1lI|, 0OD, 8B J J JJJJJJJJJJJ J J @ the euro symbol: J 14.95 A J J J JJJJJJJJJJJ J JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Combining characters: STARGTE SG-1, a = v = r, aA E bA Greek (in Polytonic): The Greek anthem: > > >> > > ? ? > >, > > >> > > > > > > > ?. ?? > > > ? ?> > >> > > ? >> ?, > ?, ?>! From a speech of Demosthenes in the 4th century BC: >> >> >>  >, > > ??, > ? > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > ? > > >? >, > > >? > ? >, >? > > >? >> > ? > >. >> > >  ? > > ? > > > >>, > > >, >> > > > >? >>. >> >, > > ? >? ? > > > >? > >? > > >, > >? >? > >? >? >, > > > ?? >> ? > > ?? >> ? >? > > >, > > > >. >> > ? > >>?, > > > ? > >>  > > > >> ? > > > >> >? >>, > >? > ? ? >? ? >. >, ? ?> Georgian: From a Unicode conference invitation: !!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! Unicode-!! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!, !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! 10-12 !!!!!, !. !!!!!!!, !!!!!!!!!!. !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !! Unicode-!, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!, Unicode-!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!, !! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!, !!!!!!!!!, !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!. Russian: From a Unicode conference invitation:        Unicode,   10-12  1997     .           Unicode,   ,    Unicode       , ,     . Thai (UCS Level 2): Excerpt from a poetry on The Romance of The Three Kingdoms (a Chinese classic 'San Gua'): [----------------------------|------------------------]                   (The above is a two-column text. If combining characters are handled correctly, the lines of the second column should be aligned with the | character above.) Ethiopian: Proverbs in the Amharic language: $$% %%$$$ %&$ %%%$$& $$ %$% %%%%$$ $$$&%& && %$$$ $$&% %%& %$ $$$$ $$ $%&& %&$ $&%$%& %%& %$$$ $$$ %%$$$& %%& $$$ %% $$$& $$$&$ %%$&$& $$ $$$& %%$$$ $%&$ %$%$& %$ $%$$ %%$$ %$$& $% %%%$$ %%& %%% &$$$ %%$%%$$& %&%$ %%&$%% &$$ $%%&% %%%$$& %&$$$ $$& $%%$ %$$ $%%$ %&$$& $$ %$&$$ $&% $&$$& %$% $%$% %$%& &%% %% %%$$& %%$$$ %&$ $% %%$$ %&$ %$%& $%&$ $$& $$$$ $&& %%&$ $$ $$% &$$$ %$$$%& %&$$% $&$$$ $% %$&& Runes: -- ---- --- -- ---- -- --- ----- ----------- --- -- ---- (Old English, which transcribed into Latin reads 'He cwaeth that he bude thaem lande northweardum with tha Westsae.' and means 'He said that he lived in the northern land near the Western Sea.') Braille: PPPP PPP PPPPPPP PPP PPPPP PPP PPPPP PP PPPP PPPP PPP PP PP PPPP PPPPPP PPPP PPPP PP PPPPPP PP PPP PPPPPP PPP PPPPP PP PP PPPPPPPPP PP PPPPP PP PPPPPPPPP PPP PP PPPP PPPPPP PPPPPPP PPPPP PPP PPP PPPPPPPPP PPPP PPP PPPP PPPP PPPPPPP PPP PPPPPP PP PPPP PP PPP PPP PPPP PPP PPP PPPPP PPP PP PPPP PP P PPPPPPPPPP PPPP P PPPPP PPPP PP PPP PPP P PPPP PP PP PP PPPPPPPP PPP PPP PP PPPPPPPPPP PPPP PPPP P PPPPPPPPPP P PPPP PPPP PPP PPPPPP PPPPPPP PP PPPPP P PPPPPPPPPP PP PP PPPPPP PPPPP PP PPPPPPPPPP P PP PPPPPP PPP PP PPPPPP PP PP PPPPPPPP PP P PP PPPPPPP PPP PP PPPPPPPP PPPPP PPPP PPP PPPPPP PPP PP PP PPPPPPPP PPPP PPPP PP PPPP PPPPPPP PPPPP PP PP PPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPP PPP PPPPP PPP PP PPPP PP P PPPPPPPPPP (The first couple of paragraphs of "A Christmas Carol" by Dickens) Compact font selection example text: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ /0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz  @@@@@@@@@@BA   DDDBDDDD CCCCC JJJJKKLL HA>< =F ! Greetings in various languages: Hello world, > >, aaaaa Box drawing alignment tests: K K JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJ J J JJJ JJJ K JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJ JJJJJJJJJ JJJ K JJJJJJJ JJJ JJJ JJ JJ JJ J JJ JJ J JJ JJ J JJ JJJJ J J JJJ JJJ K JJJJJJJ JJ J JJ JJ JJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJ JJJJ J JJJJ J K JJJJJJJ JJJ JJJ JJ JJ JJ J JJ JJ J JJ JJ J JJ KKKKKKKK J J J J J J K JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ KKKKKKKK J J J J J J K JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ JJJJJJJ KKKKKK JJJJ J JJJJ J KKKKKKKK KKKKKK