Since machines understand text as a series of numbers, which users see on screen as letters or characters, they developed a standard called Unicode that assigns a unique code to every glyph, character or letter in the world's written languages.

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The printer, since Gutenberg, had been limited to the function of re-creation: if you wanted to print a specific image or letter, you had to have a physical character or mark corresponding to that image or letter.

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Trade publication The Licensing Letter today released its second annual list of the best-selling licensed entertainment character merchandise, based on 2011 retail sales in North America.

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