Re: How do we get a full 18x18 unified CJK collection?

[Otfried Cheong <otfried@cs.ust.hk>]

 > DynaLab apparently has already done this, with a font that contains
 > additional glyphs for variants where they exist.  The press release 
 > (April 30, 1999) claims over 50,000 glyphs.

Cool. I would be nice to see some more details about the number of
variants.

 > BTW, what do you think of
 > http://www.dynalab.com.hk/new/Standard_Kai.htm ?  It would seem
 > that at least some segment of Hong Kong disagrees with fonts from
 > Taiwan, even though they are both use "Traditional Chinese".

Criticism about Microsoft not providing Hong Kong specific fonts are
quite common here.  But I don't think it's possible to make that kind
of distinction in a 16x16 pixel cell.

 > Although not 18x18 size, there is a 24x24 font that can be used to cover
 > all of the CJK characters region if you don't like Frankenstein
 > fonts:

"Frankenstein font", that's a good name!

 > Alternatively, if someone has a GBK font from mainland China, that
 > could also be converted to cover the entire CJK characters region.
 > With Big5+ and GBK fonts out there (somewhere) that are equivalent in
 > terms of content, there's no reason to build hybrid fonts.  (At least
 > for Chinese users.)

The font looks great.  I didn't know that there were any free Big5
Plus (or GBK) fonts available on the net.  This is good news.  The
only problem is that my screen is too small for a 24x24 font...

And, of course, now I will need a Big5+ to Unicode mapping table. I've
never seen one---is it available (a quick check on the web doesn't
return anything).

Thanks,
  Otfried


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