Hi Jill-Jênn,
> Hi all :),
>
> Do you think it is possible to write in japanese, in the title of a
> sheet?
>
> Maybe you, Hiroaki MORIMOTO, will know :)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Jill-Jênn
> http://mickay.jill.free.fr/score/
>
Yeah, it is possible, not only title but also lyrics.
MusiXTeX itself is completely 'locale free'.
It depends on TeX engine for multibyte characters.
[stable solution, OS independent]
(1) ASCII pTeX (Japanized TeX engine)
Japanese or multilingual text editor (ISO-2022-JP/Shift_JIS/EUC-JP)
Japanese TFMs for ASCII engine.
Japanese fonts for preview.
I have been using this method heavily with PMX and M-Tx since y2k.
UTF-8 version (upTeX) is also available since last year.
(2) NTT jTeX (another Japanized TeX engine)
Japanese or multilingual text editor (ISO-2022-JP/Shift_JIS/EUC-JP)
Japanese TFMs for NTT engine.
Japanese fonts for preview.
I don't use it. NTT jTeX is very minor in recent years.
for (1) and (2), see
http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/~kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html
[possible but still in experimental level]
(3) XeTeX
multilingual text editor (UTF-8)
Japanese fonts (OpenType or FontConfig-recognized)
It is fundamentally possible.
Somewhat platform dependent and inefficient in font switching between
1byte and CJK.
I have tried this method before the appearance of ASCII pTeX with
e-TeX extension.
[not smart solution]
(4) normal 1byte-only TeX engines
LaTeX CJK package
(5) pdfLaTeX+special macro (Windows only)
multilingual(UTF-8) text editor
Specially converted Japanese fonts/subfonts
I don't know them at all.
Maybe applicable for title only, but perhaps very inefficient for lyrics.
Mr. Uchiyama may know further information...
Best regards,
----
Hiroaki MORIMOTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tokyo, Japan
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