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Dr. Ken Lunde | Senior Computer Scientist | Adobe Systems Incorporated2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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05—Many important-for-mobile emoticons are in Plane 1

06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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04—IVS support requires the 240 VSes in Plane 14

05—Many important-for-mobile emoticons are in Plane 1

06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.

2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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03—As of Unicode Version 6.0, there are more characters outside the BMP

04—IVS support requires the 240 VSes in Plane 14

05—Many important-for-mobile emoticons are in Plane 1

06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.

2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

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02—Modern OSes support code points outside the BMP

03—As of Unicode Version 6.0, there are more characters outside the BMP

04—IVS support requires the 240 VSes in Plane 14

05—Many important-for-mobile emoticons are in Plane 1

06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

01—Japan’s 2,136 Jōyō Kanji includes one Extension B ideograph

02—Modern OSes support code points outside the BMP

03—As of Unicode Version 6.0, there are more characters outside the BMP

04—IVS support requires the 240 VSes in Plane 14

05—Many important-for-mobile emoticons are in Plane 1

06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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© 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.

2014 Top Ten List: Why Support Beyond-BMP Code Points?

01—Japan’s 2,136 Jōyō Kanji includes one Extension B ideograph

02—Modern OSes support code points outside the BMP

03—As of Unicode Version 6.0, there are more characters outside the BMP

04—IVS support requires the 240 VSes in Plane 14

05—Many important-for-mobile emoticons are in Plane 1

06—CJK Unified Ideographs Extensions B through E are outside the BMP

07—China’s 8,105 hànzì includes 196 Extension B through E ideographs

08—JIS X 0213:2004 includes 303 Extension B ideographs

09—Hong Kong SCS-2008 includes 1,702 Extension B & C ideographs

10—GB 18030 certification without PUA requires six Extension B ideographs

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