[Jungshik Shin (Re: [I18n]ISO 10646 Fonts and XFontSet question) writes:] >> On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Jim Breen wrote: >> > [Keith Packard (Re: [I18n]ISO 10646 Fonts and XFontSet question) writes:] >> > >> Han unification arguably makes these four character sets the most >> > >> problematic. What this means is that font selection must be done by a >> >> > Problematic, yes, but is must be addressed cleanly and effectively. >> > Arguments over glyphs have bedevilled the acceptance of Unicode in the >> > CJK countries, and you still hear people in Japan saying "Unicode >> >> Please, drop 'K' here.
OK. >> You may even drop 'C'. Well not according to some Taiwanese acquaintances who get in a bother every time they see a foreign-looking (i.e. Japanese) hanzi glyph. The same people are heavily into CCCII. See "Jack K.T. Huang and Timothy D. Huang, An Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing" for some vitriol on the polluting effect of Japanese-looking glyphs. >> Most Koreans, if not >> all, do NOT care. Unicode has been perceived as 'the way' to go not >> only for multilingual use but also for Korean alone in Korea. Good to hear. Pity others aren't as broad-minded. Jim -- Jim Breen [[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/] Computer Science & Software Engineering, Tel: +61 3 9905 3298 P.O Box 26, Monash University, Fax: +61 3 9905 5146 Clayton VIC 3800, Australia $B%8%`!&%V%j!<%s(B@$B%b%J%7%eBg3X(B _______________________________________________ I18n mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n
