Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:33:50 -0700
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.)
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Mark
**
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM, <announcements_at_unicode.org> wrote:
> **
>
> Version 6.2 of the Unicode Standard is now available. This version adds
> only a single character, the newly adopted Turkish Lira sign; however, the
> properties and behaviors for many other characters have been adjusted.
> Emoji and pictographic symbols now have significantly improved
> line-breaking, word-breaking and grapheme cluster behaviors. The script
> categorizations for some characters are improved and better documented.
>
> The Unicode Collation Algorithm has been greatly enhanced for Version 6.2,
> with a major overhaul of its documentation. There have also been
> significant changes to the collation weight tables, including improved
> handling of tertiary weights for characters with decompositions, and
> changed weights for some pictographic symbols.
>
> The newly encoded Turkish Lira sign, like other currency symbols, is
> expected to be heavily used in its target environment. The Unicode
> Consortium accelerated the release of Unicode 6.2, to accommodate the
> urgent need for this character.
>
> For more details of this release, see
> http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/.
>
