# \[ANN\] UnicodeUtils 1.0.0 - case conversion, normalization and more

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-unicodeutils-1-0-0-case-conversion-normalization-and-more/51467>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [31 January 2009 21:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-unicodeutils-1-0-0-case-conversion-normalization-and-more/51467 "2009-01-31T21:06:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Lang1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Stefan\_Lang1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stefan_Lang1)\
**Post date:** [31 January 2009 21:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-unicodeutils-1-0-0-case-conversion-normalization-and-more/51467/1 "2009-01-31T21:06:37Z")

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UnicodeUtils implements Unicode algorithms in pure Ruby code.

Install with RubyGems:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$ gem install unicode\_utils

Ruby 1.9.1 is required.

Example code:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;require "unicode\_utils/titlecase"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UnicodeUtils.titlecase("hello, world!") =\> "Hello, World!"

Homepage:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://unicode-utils.rubyforge.org/](http://unicode-utils.rubyforge.org/)

With this release, UnicodeUtils implements the following Unicode  
algorithms:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* Case conversion: upcase, downcase, titlecase  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* Casefolding  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* All normalization forms: NFD, NFC, NFKD, NFKC  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* Text segmentation: each\_grapheme, each\_word

All future 1.x releases will be backwards compatible!

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