Standard Unicode i dawne teksty polskie

The Unicode Standard and Polish language

A short overview of the standard, together with the relevant tools and resources, is presented from the historical Polish language perspective. The notions of code space, code point, character, combining sequence, graphemic cluster, variation selectors etc. are presented or at least mentioned. A relatively new notion of textel is briefly discussed. The 15th and 16th century treatises are used to illustrate some open problems. Various relevant Internet resources are mentioned, including those created by the author.