UTF-8 encoded sample plain-text file ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ Markus Kuhn [ˈmaʳkʊs kuːn] <mkuhn@acm.org> — 1999-08-20 The ASCII compatible UTF-8 encoding of ISO 10646 and Unicode plain-text files is defined in RFC 2279 and in ISO 10646-1 Annex R. Using Unicode/UTF-8, you can write in emails and source code things such as Mathematics and Sciences: ∮ E⋅da = Q, n → ∞, ∑ f(i) = ∏ g(i), ∀x∈ℝ: ⌈x⌉ = −⌊−x⌋, α ∧ ¬β = ¬(¬α ∨ β), ℕ ⊆ ℕ₀ ⊂ ℤ ⊂ ℚ ⊂ ℝ ⊂ ℂ, ⊥ < a ≠ b ≡ c ≤ d ≪ ⊤ ⇒ (A ⇔ B), 2H₂ + O₂ ⇌ 2H₂O, R = 4.7 kΩ, ⌀ 200 mm Linguistics and dictionaries: ði ıntəˈnæʃənəl fəˈnɛtık əsoʊsiˈeıʃn Y [ˈʏpsilɔn], Yen [jɛn], Yoga [ˈjoːgɑ] APL: ((V⍳V)=⍳⍴V)/V←,V ⌷←⍳→⍴∆∇⊃‾⍎⍕⌈ Nicer typography in plain text files: ╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ • ‘single’ and “double” quotes ║ ║ ║ ║ • Curly apostrophes: “We’ve been here” ║ ║ ║ ║ • Latin-1 apostrophe and accents: '´` ║ ║ ║ ║ • ‚deutsche‘ „Anführungszeichen“ ║ ║ ║ ║ • †, ‡, ‰, •, 3–4, —, −5/+5, ™, … ║ ║ ║ ║ • ASCII safety test: 1lI|, 0OD, 8B ║ ║ ╭─────────╮ ║ ║ • the euro symbol: │ € 14.95 │ ║ ║ ╰─────────╯ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝ Greek (in Polytonic): The Greek anthem: Σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν κόψη τοῦ σπαθιοῦ τὴν τρομερή, σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν ὄψη ποὺ μὲ βία μετράει τὴ γῆ. ᾿Απ᾿ τὰ κόκκαλα βγαλμένη τῶν ῾Ελλήνων τὰ ἱερά καὶ σὰν πρῶτα ἀνδρειωμένη χαῖρε, ὦ χαῖρε, ᾿Ελευθεριά! From a speech of Demosthenes in the 4th century BC: Οὐχὶ ταὐτὰ παρίσταταί μοι γιγνώσκειν, ὦ ἄνδρες ᾿Αθηναῖοι, ὅταν τ᾿ εἰς τὰ πράγματα ἀποβλέψω καὶ ὅταν πρὸς τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἀκούω· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ λόγους περὶ τοῦ τιμωρήσασθαι Φίλιππον ὁρῶ γιγνομένους, τὰ δὲ πράγματ᾿ εἰς τοῦτο προήκοντα, ὥσθ᾿ ὅπως μὴ πεισόμεθ᾿ αὐτοὶ πρότερον κακῶς σκέψασθαι δέον. οὐδέν οὖν ἄλλο μοι δοκοῦσιν οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγοντες ἢ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν, περὶ ἧς βουλεύεσθαι, οὐχὶ τὴν οὖσαν παριστάντες ὑμῖν ἁμαρτάνειν. ἐγὼ δέ, ὅτι μέν ποτ᾿ ἐξῆν τῇ πόλει καὶ τὰ αὑτῆς ἔχειν ἀσφαλῶς κ