RE: Unicode and CJK unification

[Chris Pratley]

Arial Unicode MS uses CJK glyphs from various cultural styles, so if you need a “pure” font, you would be better off using a font that specifically targets a particular locale e.g. MingliU for Traditional Chinese, and Simsun for Simplified Chinese. Both of these come with Office2000.   Regarding the Windows2000 IMEs, which ones did you try? There are several for both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Which type of input method do you prefer? (CangJie, Wubi, pinyin etc.) What specifically was wrong with them all when you say “did not get satisfying results”?   Chris Sent with Office2000 SR1 wordmail   -----Original Message----- From: Magda Danish (Unicode) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:47 AM To: Unicode List Subject: FW: Unicode and CJK unification     -----Original Message----- From: 952470 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Unicode and CJK unification Dear Sir or Madam, currently I am compiling a modern Chinese language dictionary using WIndows 2000 and Office 2000 (English edition). My font is  MS Arial Unicode. All my data will be encoded in Unicode and Iwould prefer to stay with it due to the future compatibility. I use traditional and simplified Chinese characters. I have 2 questions: 1) In my work I have to use Chinese (traditional and simplified) characters only therefore I cannot use e.g. Japanese variants.  But because of the CJK unification I don't find all the Chinese forms of the characters I need. What would you recommend to me? 2) I tried several Chinese programms (Twinbridge 4.98 with Win2000 update and NJStar communicator 2.2) for input of Chinese into Access 2000, but didn't get satisfying results, Microsoft's IME for Windows 2000 is not very convinient for my purpose either. Is there any fully Unicode-compatible software for entering Chinese, which you personally used and had positive expirience with ? ( I had already a look at your page http://www.unicode.org/unicode/onlinedat/products.html !) Thank you ! Your earliest reply will be highly appreciated Viktor Herzberg