I'm trying to build a website that reads Icelandic texts written in a particular font which are then rendered in a different character encoding (ascii/uc) and cached before finally being displayed. What language is best suited for the job? Python or PHP? Or anything else? Thanks in advance.
Python has been used to create the Natural Language Processing Toolkit, which may be useful for you. PHP is generally conceded to be behind the curve on leaving 8-bit text behind, although it's catching up in current versions.