Q:

Best Resource for Character Encodings

I'm searching for a document (not printed) that explains in details, but still simply, the subject of character encoding.

A:

A great overview from the Programmer's perspective is:
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
By Joel Spolsky
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html

A:

Have you tried Wikipedia's Character encoding page and it's links ?

