Re: tlug: unicode

[jwb@example.com (Jim Breen)]

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tlug note from jwb@example.com (Jim Breen)
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On May 26,  8:56pm, Ken Schwarz wrote:
} Subject: Re: tlug: unicode

Ken Schwarz picked up most of the points I was going to make in reply to
Steve Turnbull. Thanks, Ken.

ST > 16-bit Unicode requires translation tables, because (a) the various
ST > languages don't even agree on the "basic 1000" and (b) they don't
ST > order the ones they do agree on the same (eg, JIS orders level 1 kanji
ST > by yomi but Chinese orders all hanzi by radical and stroke count).
>> 
KS Yes, a translation table is required for Japanese.  Is none required
KS for Chinese?  Is that what people are upset about?  (It's a legitimate 
KS beef since the tables can consume 60Kb+).

The *real* reason for translation tables is the lack of Unicode-ordered 
fonts. Eventually you'll get a set of fonts for the ~21,000
kanji/hanzi/.., with probbaly Japanese/Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese flavours
of glyph designs.

Jim

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