The new edition of GB font will be implemented on August 1, with more than 17000 rare characters added.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues on the way! CTOnews.com, June 25, according to a CCTV news report, the new version of the Information Technology Chinese coded character set will be implemented on August 1 (standard number GB 18030-2022). Compared with the previous edition, there are more than 17000 rare characters, such as "𬱖", "𬀩", "𬍛" and "𬜬".

CTOnews.com obtained from the Ministry of Education that the Information Technology Chinese coded character set is a practical need to strengthen cultural self-confidence and promote the inheritance and development of excellent Chinese traditional culture, and it is also the most important basic standard in the field of Chinese information technology. The standard was first issued in 2000 and revised for the first time in 2005.

The new edition of the Information Technology Chinese coded character set contains a total of 87887 Chinese characters, an increase of more than 17000 obscure Chinese characters over the previous edition, not only including all Chinese characters in the General Standard Chinese character Table, but also covering most of the names of people and places in China, as well as characters used in literature, science and technology and other professional fields.

The drafting units of the new GB font include China Institute of Electronic Technology Standardization, Beijing Asia Zhiye Technology Co., Ltd., Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing Beida founder Electronics Co., Ltd., and Weifang Beida Bluebird Huaguang Phototypesetting Co., Ltd.