What is Unicode and why should WordPress developers care about it? What's the difference between UTF8 and Unicode? Learn all about it in this article.

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Two years ago we published the first version of this blog post about Unicode. We figured it is about time to revisit our old friend Unicode and see why it's important in today’s emoji filled world. Back in the day when Unix was getting invented, characters were represented with 8 bits (1 byte) of memory.

How Unicode Works: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Strings and 🦄

<p>The moment I saw this, all I could think of was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MijmeoH9LT4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle</a>.</p>
