I am well aware that munging Japanese and Korean fonts that claim to contain Unicode mappings is intentional. It is still a violation of the Unicode standard, and (IMNSHO) a gross design error.
I am also aware that some Japanese feel that this intentional coding error is vital to their use of these fonts. I disagree. If you would like to argue the point, let us do so on the Unicode list or in private. > -----Original Message----- > From: SADAHIRO Tomoyuki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 5:18 AM > To: Edward Cherlin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: UTF-16 -> UTF-8 > > > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:27:11 -0800 > Edward Cherlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Your problem with '\' is that MS Mincho is trying to be > both a Unicode font > > and a Japanese font. This has resulted in an incorrect code point > > assignment, evidently in a convoluted and (IMNSHO) > misguided attempt at > > backward compatibility. The font should have the correct > code point to glyph > > mapping, and the application should know what character set > it is asking the > > system to render, but this is not always the case today. > > > > Although MS Mincho is supposed to be a Unicode font, it > improperly assigns > > the yen sign to code point U+005C Reverse Solidus. The same > problem exists > > in MS Gothic and MS PGothic. Microsoft's Korean-style fonts > including > > Batang, BatangChe, Dotum, DotumChe, Gulim, GulimChe, > Gungsuh, and GungsuhChe > > have the won currency symbol at this code point. > > > > I don't understand the problem with ')', which is the same > in ASCII and MS > > Mincho. > > > > Microsoft fonts that cover the CJK Unified block and also > have correct > > glyphs for '\' include > > > > Arial Unicode MS > > MingLiU > > PMingLiU > > SimHei > > SimSun > > > That MS Japanese fonts have a Yen mark > and MS Korean fonts have a Won mark at U+005C > is not a problem, but an intended thing. > > http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/dbcs/932.htm > 5C = U+005C : REVERSE SOLIDUS (YEN SIGN) > > http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/dbcs/949.htm > 5C = U+005C : REVERSE SOLIDUS (WON SIGN) > > And > http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/unicode-symbols.html.en > also may inform you. > (esp. see the section of "ASCII and JIS X 0201 Roman") > > Regards, > SADAHIRO Tomoyuki >
