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Unicode Showcase Sample

Overview

The Unicode Showcase sample demonstrates:

  • Unicode support — full UTF-8 character support
  • Multi-language content — various scripts and languages
  • Right-to-left (RTL) text — Arabic, Hebrew support
  • Special characters — symbols, emojis, diacritics
  • Encoding — proper character encoding handling
  • Mixed content — blending multiple languages and scripts

Key Features Demonstrated

1. Basic Unicode Text

col.Item().Text("Hello World - English").FontSize(12).Bold();
col.Item().Text("Hola Mundo - Español").FontSize(12).Bold();
col.Item().Text("Bonjour le Monde - Français").FontSize(12).Bold();
col.Item().Text("Hallo Welt - Deutsch").FontSize(12).Bold();
col.Item().Text("Ciao Mondo - Italiano").FontSize(12).Bold();

2. Non-Latin Scripts

col.Item().PaddingTop(8)
    .Text("Cyrillic: Привет мир").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Greek: Γεια σας κόσμε").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Japanese: こんにちは世界").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Chinese: 你好世界").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Korean: 안녕하세요 세계").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Thai: สวัสดี").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Arabic: مرحبا بالعالم").FontSize(12).Bold();

col.Item().Text("Hebrew: שלום עולם").FontSize(12).Bold();

3. Special Characters and Symbols

col.Item().Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("Copyright: ©  ");
    t.Span("Registered: ®  ");
    t.Span("Trademark: ™  ");
    t.Span("Degree: °  ");
    t.Span("Plus/Minus: ±  ");
    t.Span("Multiplication: ×  ");
    t.Span("Division: ÷");
}).FontSize(12);

col.Item().PaddingTop(8).Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("Arrows: ← → ↑ ↓ ↔ ↕  ");
    t.Span("Math: ∞ ∑ √ ∫  ");
    t.Span("Bullets: • ◦ ▪ ■  ");
    t.Span("Shapes: ◆ ● ■ ▲");
}).FontSize(12);

4. Diacritical Marks

col.Item().PaddingTop(8).Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("French accents: é è ê ë ç");
    t.Span("  ");
    t.Span("German umlauts: ä ö ü ß");
}).FontSize(12);

col.Item().Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("Spanish: ¿ ¡ á í ó ú ñ");
}).FontSize(12);

col.Item().Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("Combining diacritics: a̅ e̊ i̇ o̧ u̇");
}).FontSize(12);

5. Right-to-Left (RTL) Text

col.Item().PaddingTop(12).Text("RIGHT-TO-LEFT SCRIPTS").Bold().FontSize(12);

col.Item().Text("Arabic: النص العربي يكتب من اليمين إلى اليسار")
    .FontSize(11);

col.Item().Text("Hebrew: הטקסט העברי כתוב מימין לשמאל")
    .FontSize(11);

col.Item().Text("Urdu: اردو کا متن دائیں سے بائیں طرف لکھا جاتا ہے")
    .FontSize(11);

6. Mixed Content

col.Item().PaddingTop(12).Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("English ").FontSize(12);
    t.Span("(English) ").FontSize(11).Italic();
    t.Span("日本語 ").FontSize(12);
    t.Span("(Japanese) ").FontSize(11).Italic();
    t.Span("한글 ").FontSize(12);
    t.Span("(Korean)").FontSize(11).Italic();
}).Bold();

col.Item().PaddingTop(6).Text(
    "Price: USD $100 | EUR €85 | GBP £75 | JPY ¥10,000 | CHF ₣95")
    .FontSize(11);

col.Item().Text(
    "Contact: name@domain.com | Tel: +1 (555) 123-4567")
    .FontSize(11);

7. Currency Symbols

col.Item().PaddingTop(8).Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("USD: $100  ");
    t.Span("EUR: €85  ");
    t.Span("GBP: £75  ");
    t.Span("JPY: ¥10000  ");
    t.Span("CHF: ₣95  ");
    t.Span("INR: ₹5000  ");
    t.Span("CNY: ¥600  ");
    t.Span("RUB: ₽7000");
}).FontSize(12);

8. Quotation Marks Variations

col.Item().PaddingTop(8).Text(t =>
{
    t.Span("English: "Hello"  ");
    t.Span("French: « Hello »  ");
    t.Span("German: „Hello"  ");
    t.Span("Spanish: «Hello»");
}).FontSize(11);

Unicode Categories

Scripts Supported

Script Example Use
Latin English, Spanish, French Western European
Cyrillic Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian Eastern European
Greek Greek Modern Greek
Arabic Arabic, Urdu, Persian Middle Eastern
Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew text
CJK Chinese, Japanese, Korean East Asian
Devanagari Hindi, Sanskrit South Asian
Thai Thai Southeast Asian

Special Character Categories

  • Math symbols — ∞, ∑, √, ∫
  • Currency — $, €, £, ¥, ₹
  • Arrows — →, ←, ↑, ↓
  • Geometric shapes — ●, ■, ▲, ◆
  • Typographic — •, –, —, …

Best Practices

  1. Font selection — Use Unicode-compatible fonts
  2. Encoding — Always use UTF-8 encoding
  3. Testing — Test with various languages
  4. Alignment — RTL text needs special handling
  5. Mixed content — Test blending multiple scripts
  6. Fallback fonts — Plan for missing glyphs

Use Cases

Perfect for:

  • International documents — multi-language PDFs
  • Global communications — multilingual materials
  • Academic papers — citations in various languages
  • Financial reports — multi-currency pricing
  • Educational materials — language learning resources
  • Technical documentation — code with international comments

What You'll Learn

  1. Unicode text — UTF-8 support and encoding
  2. Multi-language support — various scripts
  3. Special characters — symbols and diacritics
  4. RTL text — right-to-left script handling
  5. Mixed content — blending multiple languages
  6. Currency symbols — international pricing
  7. Character encoding — proper handling

Encoding Details

  • UTF-8 — Full Unicode support
  • Character encoding — Automatic handling
  • Font fallback — Graceful degradation
  • Normalization — Proper text handling

File Output

Generates: 11_unicode_showcase.pdf

Creates a comprehensive Unicode showcase demonstrating support for multiple languages, scripts, and special characters suitable for international communications and documentation.

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