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" <myeung@adobe.com>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
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
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