Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The script standardized by Qin Shi Huang has now been officially encoded. Unicode 18.0 was released last week, adding 13,007 characters to bring the total to more than 170,000. Of these new additions, 11,328 are Small Seal characters. 011
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today marks the 38th anniversary of Joe Becker's landmark document *Unicode 88*, the manifesto that first laid out the principles of a universal character encoding. Thirty-eight years later, the work continues. Happy anniversary, Unicode! 000
Reposted by Fuqiao XueJustin Fagnani @justinfagnani.com · 24/08/2026Native CSS modules are coming to WebKit!! github.com/WebKit/WebKi... WebKit is the last major browser engine to add support, so we'll get to baseline support soon. Servo supports them too 😎github.comImplement CSS module scripts by tuankiet65 · Pull Request #72110 · WebKit/WebKit32d0e5b Implement CSS module scripts rdar://80917329 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227967 Reviewed by NOBODY (OOPS!). This patch implements importing CSS stylesheets as JavaScript modul... 25615
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The agenda for the "E-commerce for Humans and AI Agents" workshop has been announced: www.w3.org/2026/ecommer...w3.orgAgendaW3C/GS1 Workshop on E-commerce for Humans and AI Agents, 8-9 September 2026, Zurich and online. 110
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 14/08/2026FOR REVIEW: How can I use language metadata in native APIs? w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... (temporary URL) This article contains pointers to native APIs for applying language metadata to strings and text ranges. We are looking for comments by Friday 18 December, 2026.w3c.github.ioHow can I use language metadata in native APIs?Pointers to native APIs for applying language metadata to strings and text ranges 011
Reposted by Fuqiao XueWeb Engines Hackfest @webengineshackfest.org · 12/08/2026Eemeli Aro talks about "DOM Localization" at the Web Engines Hackfest 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuyI... 021
Reposted by Fuqiao XueChen Hui Jing | 陈慧晶 @huijing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026if you understand Chinese, this @thetype.com episode covering the Yi script and Yi people is really worth a listen. www.thetype.com/typechat/ep-...thetype.com 032
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 20/07/2026What should your app return if it supports 20 languages and a user sets their system language to "French (Switzerland)", but you only support `fr-FR` / `fr`? Returning an English fallback might cause you to lose that user. 100
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 20/07/2026REFRESHED! Ruby Styling Offers practical guidance for content authors on how to style ruby annotations in line with the CSS Ruby specification. This article was updated to include recent developments, and add information on ruby-overhang and the ruby-position:alternate value. 152
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Using a website in your own language and it just didn’t work properly? That’s the kind of problem we work on at W3C. We keep a Project Radar so everyone can see what the i18n activity is tackling right now: closing gaps in language support, reviewing standards, and building education resources.w3c.github.ioI18n Activity Project RADARTracks active projects in the W3C Internationalization Activity. 000
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 06/07/2026New translation into Chinese: 管理中文和日文中的行内空白 (Managing inline spaces in Chinese & Japanese) www.w3.org/Internationa...w3.org管理中文和日文中的行内空白如何处理中文和日文中的文本间距。 011
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I'm leading W3C's Internationalization efforts. Our Working Group helps ensure HTML, CSS, Unicode, and web standards support every script and language properly. Want to get involved?w3.orgInternationalization Working Group home page 130
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 03/06/2026W3C and GS1 to Jointly Host a Workshop on E-commerce Technologies for Humans and AI Agents Date: September 8–9, 2026 Location: Zurich, Switzerland (remote participation supported) If you are involved in e-commerce, AI agents, web standards, or related fields... welcome to share your experiences. 100
Reposted by Fuqiao XueRowan Merewood @rowan.fyi · 26/05/2026🫰🤬💰 What most annoys you about #payments on the #web? I want your opinion as a dev, customer, merchant, framework author - all of it. What causes you to get part way through a purchase and then just give up? 🔁 Casting a wide net, so share away! Feel free to message if you don't want to comment! 13810
Reposted by Fuqiao XueKevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 21/05/2026The State of CSS 2026 survey is out! These survey's are a huge signal to the browser makers on what people want, and the more people fill the out, the better that information is. survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...survey.devographics.comState of CSS 2026Take the State of CSS survey 06125
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 16/05/2026PUBLISHED! Managing inline spaces in Chinese & Japanese www.w3.org/Internationa... This article looks at ways of using CSS to add gaps between certain types of text, to reduce gaps between punctuation marks, and to manage paragraph-initial spacing. 043
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 03/05/2026FOR REVIEW: Managing inline spaces in Chinese & Japanese w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... (temporary URL) 111
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work is a Group Note on when LLMs can accelerate our work and when they create real risks. Must-read for anyone using AI in Web standards.w3.orgUse of Large Language Models in Standards WorkAs Large Language Models (LLMs) become increasingly synonymous with “AI”, and are used by people within our community, we want to highlight considerations around different ways in which LLMs can be us... 021
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The new charter for the International Working Group has been adopted. We welcome everyone to join or rejoin the group. 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We've recently added automated testing to our i18n articles. From now on, before publishing, we'll automatically check common issues such as wrong language tags, date formats, and invalid markup. 000
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 23/03/2026A NEW VERSION of Requirements for Hangul Text Layout and Typography 한국어 텍스트 레이아웃 및 타이포그래피를 위한 요구사항 has been published. www.w3.org/TR/klreq/ 252
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I built a CLI that validates and explains BCP 47 language tags: www.npmjs.com/package/bcp4...npmjs.com 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I've recently been trying to create some CJK layout examples. They're still very basic and have many areas for improvement (such as more examples, multilingual support, more info about browser support, dark mode, display the underlying code, etc.). Link: xfq.github.io/cjk-layout-l...xfq.github.ioThe CJK Layout LabThe CJK Layout Lab - Exploring modern Web typography. 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Over 1,000 people in one Chinese village were forced to change their surnames, because computers couldn't type them. This isn't a tech curiosity. It's a barrier to bank accounts, train tickets, and ID cards. My latest on why character encoding is an ethical imperative: dev.to/xfq/the-ethi... 010
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Many people have forgotten Tim Berners-Lee's article "Cool URIs don't change", which emphasizes that links should be designed to be persistent. It suggests avoiding elements that are prone to change in links to ensure their long-term validity. 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 16/12/2025“Westerners get used to this so-called ‘modern’ design, and they think everything should be like this. But when they put it into the CJK background, they found everything was different.” www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12...japantimes.co.jpWhy Japan’s internet looks weird — unless you live hereA closer look at Japan’s maximalist web design shows how cultural values and practical needs create an online world richer than it appears. 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Unicode 18.0 (to be released in September 2026) will include 11,328 Small Seal Script characters, which is the set of characters standardized by Qin Shi Huang during the "standardizing writing" movement. In addition, Unicode 18 will also add 965 Jurchen characters. 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 02/12/2025The updated version of clreq published today supports extra spacing between Chinese and Western text: www.w3.org/TR/clreq/w3.orgRequirements for Chinese Text Layout - 中文排版需求This document summarizes text composition requirements in the Chinese writing system. One of the goals of the task force is to describe issues for Chinese layout, another is to describe correspondence... 000
Reposted by Fuqiao XueHidde @hidde.blog · 01/12/2025“Each user agent serves its user, not any of the other constituencies.” says the @tag.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy in their latest Group Note Draft on user agents www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOT...w3.orgWeb User Agents 141
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Some pages on the W3C i18n subsite are finally mobile-friendly! 000
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Today marks 37 years since Joe Becker's landmark "Unicode 88" document! #Unicode #i18n 010
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 12/08/2025🌍 Internationalization isn’t just translation. www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/powe...smashingmagazine.comThe Power Of The Intl API: A Definitive Guide To Browser-Native Internationalization — Smashing MagazineInternationalization isn’t just translation. It’s about formatting dates, pluralizing words, sorting names, and more, all according to specific locales. Instead of relying on heavy third-party librari... 000
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 06/08/2025FOR REVIEW: Address formats around the world The article Address formats around the world is out for wide review. We are looking for comments by Friday 5 December. w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/... See the blog post at www.w3.org/blog/Interna...w3c.github.ioAddress formats around the worldHow do address formats differ around the world, and what are the implications of those differences on the design of forms, databases, ontologies, etc. for the Web? 022
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 10/07/2025New translation into Chinese: Unicode双向文本算法基础 (Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm basics) www.w3.org/Internationa... Thanks to Fuqiao Xue for providing this translation.w3.orgUnicode双向文本算法基础Unicode双向文本算法是做什么的？ 001
Fuqiao Xue @fuqiao.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Unfortunately, the same script in three countries now has three different names and commemorative days: October 9 in South Korea, January 15 in North Korea, and September 2 in Yanbian. 030
Reposted by Fuqiao XueW3C Internationalization, i18n @webi18n.bsky.social · 04/04/2025WEB I18N GAP PROGRESS: Support for extra spacing between Chinese/Japanese and Western text Safari 18.4 supports text-autospace:ideograph-alpha ideograph-numeric; 132
