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I have a very strange mood today (Too long at the pub last night?
Drinking too much of Brno's tap water?  Menopause?  I don't know.)

Susan Lasovick (lasovick@world.std.com) is a wonderful person!  She is a
relatively new subscriber to INSOFT-L, yet she has contributed immensely.
In fact, after I consolidated all of her messages that were pending
redistribution to the INSOFT-L Internationalization of Software mailing
list, I reduced the size of /usr/spool/mail/jbowyer by half.

Susan, your contributions are insightful and useful (that's why your
messages are pending redistribution rather than rejected).  Thank you!
(However, would you PLEEEEEEEASE spell-out acronyms for brain-damaged
people such as myself?!).  Thank you.  (By the way, as you'll notice,
Susan ALWAYS writes "Thank you".  Obviously, well brought up.)


Jeff
INSOFT-L List Manager

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Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject:

Can anyone tell me which Asian language codesets ANSI Z39.64 defines?

Thanks,
Susan Lasovick
lasovick@world.std.com


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject:

Is GB 2312-80 always encoded as 15bit, or are there also 16bit
implementations?
Thanks,
Susan Lasovick


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: CA: Unicode Mailing List

Hello,
I recently joined Unicode because I wanted to express my belief in its
necessity in a tangible way.  I haven't tried the Unicode mail list but
do have the following email address:

unicode-inc@hq.m4.metaphor.com

Unicode has a sole employee: Steven A. Greenfield
                             Unicode Consortium
                             1965 Charleston Road
                             Mountain View, CA 94043
                             tel: 415-961-4189 fax: 415-966.1637
Best Regards,
Susan Lasovick
lasovick@world.std.com


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: CA: Unicode Mailing List

Addendum to my previous message! The Unicode anonymous FTP address:

Unicode.ORG

Susan


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject: Erroneous message re GB Code

Previous questions regarding 16bit implementation of GB 2312-80 was an
error on part- I meant to say:

Are there any 16 bit implementations of Big5?  Or does Big5 require 15
bit implementation?

Thank you,
Susan Lasovick


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject: Chinese Fonts

Hello,
I've been advised to use the HBF files to avoid compatibility problems
with multiple vendor font implementation.  However, I'm also advised that
there are only 24x24 bitmapped fonts available by ftp and I need 16x16
bitmapped fonts.  Now, I do see what appears to be 16x16 bitmapped fonts
in the ifcss.org and corresponding HBF files in that subdirectory.  Can
someone please advise me what to do?

Also Steve Simpson has said the ftp fonts are not for commercial use-
what does that really mean- the companies that I am working with do not
want to sell the fonts- they would be interested in implementing the
fonts and are certainly willing to pay for this- Steve also says there is
a lot of reference to commercially available fonts at ifcss, but I looked
in the catalogue files and in several readme files and don't see
commercial information.

Also- are particular typefaces more popular in 1 market than another?
For instance is song or ming used more in Taiwan than Mainland China.

duoxie,
Susan Lasovick
lasovick@world.std.com


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject: Harper-Collins Dictionaries

I am wondering if any of you are users of any Harper/Collins bilingual
dictionaries- hardcopy or electronic- any language/English- What is your
opinion of the quality of these dictionaries?

thank you,
Susan Lasovick
lasovick@world.std.com


Sender: susan lasovick <lasovick@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: CA: Microsoft Windows Internationalization for Japan

Developers that contact Microsoft's Far East division, and relate the
nature of their localization efforts can receive free versions of all
available MS Windows versions for testing, as well as the FE SDK, free of
charge.  I have the 'informational' CD released about 6 months ago, with
each localized version of MS Windows.  In the FE section there is a
glossary- which may be helpful.  I only have MS FE division US 800
numbers- If anyone needs normal telephone or fax numbers, let me know and
I will find out.

Also You can post a message to Nadine Kanoon Compuserve in the
WINEXTENSIONS Forum- She has organized a series of globalization seminars
beginning in January 94 in the US- and responds to many questions in that
forum.  Does anyone know if Microst has an ftp site?

Thanks,
Susan Lasovick
lasovick@world.std.com