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Re: ISO 2022

To: linux-utf8@nl.linux.org
Subject: Re: ISO 2022
From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 19:17:42 +0100 (CET)
In-Reply-To: <E11jqiH-0007hX-00@heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk>
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Markus Kuhn wrote:
 
> BTW: Over the weekend, I will make the probably last major change to the
> ucs-font package: At the moment, some fonts have their glyphs
> left-aligned (right pixel column free for inter-character spacing) and
> some have their glyphs right-aligned (left column free). This looks like
> a historic accident, and I think I will make all fonts left-aligned
> (like 6x13), to simplify maintenance and to allow the fonts to be used
> together. I did this already for 12x13ja to allow it to be used with
> 6x13 without glyphs touching each other. Are there any specific reasons
> to prefer right alignment? 

At least for the Han characters in 12x13ja this shouldn't be an issue. Han
characters are usually center-aligned in rectangles of equal size.

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phm

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References:
- Re: ISO 2022
  - From: Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk>

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