It is really hard to imagine a single font that can be used effectively for Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese (since there are ideograms that span two or more of these languages due to unification yet the ideal glyphs for each language may be different).
I think that each language will reasonably expect a specific font that best represents the language in question. Trying to oversimplify it into a single font is really making a less attractive application for a minimal test gain. MichKa Michael Kaplan Trigeminal Software, Inc. -- http://www.trigeminal.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Yeung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 10:27 PM Subject: Unicode Font Pros and Cons We have developed a Windows software product and it will be localized into 10 different languages, including several Asian languages. What's the pro and cons of : 1. Use Unicode font for all languages 2. Use Roman font for Latin1 languages and Unicode font for Asian languages. e.g., The pros and cons of using Unicode font for all languages are: Pros: Easier for internationalization, localization, testing and installation. Cons: Not many Unicode fonts available, limited choice, UI may not look as pleasing as other non-unicode fonts. Also, Unicode font is large, may take time to load it. Can someone think of any other issues related to using Unicode font. Maggie Yeung
