Adam,
>
> I would appreciate any light that you could shed on the current market
> situation. I'm primarily investigating non-specialty software which is
> available in English language and may be purchased by customers in Europe
> and North America.
>
> I would mostly appreciate explicit answers, but also links, references,
> corrections and additions to my understanding sketched above etc.
>
Probably the best place to get started for font issues is Alan Wood's site:
http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/unicode/
>Then, on the other hand, there is a list of platforms which I would like to
>know if and how is CJK text supported, and also Arabic/Indic text supported
>where:
Font handling is where cross-platform support begins to dissipate. The best
solution currently out there is ICU.
http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/
In addition to Unicode support and locale support, they provide a text
layout engine. This is a sophisticated piece of software that is needed
especially for Arabic/Indic support.
Since your questions are primarily focused on Windows, I will send you
something on truetype and open type.
Carl
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