All About Unicode

This is a story that dates back to the earliest days of computers. The story has a plot, well, sort of. It has competition and intrigue, as well as traversing oodles of countries and languages. There is conflict and resolution, and a happyish ending. But the main focus is the characters — 110,116 of them. By the end of the story, they will all find their own unique place in this world
Read on: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06/06/all-about-unicode-utf8-character-sets/