2003-09-04: yes, you can use non-latin Unicode characters in your
web pages; however, not all browsers include all character sets by
default. Some browsers are capable of installing foreign-language
character sets when needed; nearly all can install them if the user
chooses to do so. This does not mean that you can provide your own
custom characters and invent your own custom fonts; there are ways to do this
in theory, but they are not well supported by all browsers. If you must
invent completely unique characters, you should use images for this purpose,
and use them as little as possible. For more information about support
for non-Latin characters in web browsers, check out
the excellent
alanwood.net
Unicode pages.
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