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Typical computer support consisted in early loading the adequate character map, then glyphs were rendered correctly.
Typical computer support consisted in early loading the adequate character map, then glyphs were rendered correctly.


The first issue with this approach is about convertion.
The first issue with this approach is about conversion. To view some text in Greek or Cyrillic language on a display configured for Western European requires to switch back and forth between codepages.
 
=Unicode=
Unicode is a standard and an effort to encode symbols from every language existing or having existed on Earth. There are actually 190000 signs from 93 languages. Unicode is equivalent to  ISO/CEI 10646.
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