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For various reasons, I have been asked a number of times what are the minimum
dimensions required (in pixels) for displaying foreign characters.  Does anyone
already have information about this?

It seems to me that an appropriate answer must be broken down into a matrix.
Across one side would be the following:
1.	what is the minimum height and width needed in pixels to represent
characters comfortably
2.	what is required for a cramped, yet still acceptable display
3.	what is the absolute minimum requirement in order to create readable
text.

I am a proponent of the idea that products should be internationalised so that
they can support any language in the future.  However, since in the short-term
I have to live in a non-ideal world,  I expect that it would be sensible to
define minimum requirements on the basis of the type of script being enabled.
This would provide for the other headings on the matrix.  Potential headings
which come to mind are:
-	requirements for Latin characters (including East European languages,
such as Czech with its accents over capital letters)
-	requirements for Cyrillic (eg. the Russian 'zh' and 'shch' probably
require a lot of width)
-	requirements for Arabic (with its 's', and ligatures which stretch far
above and below the baseline)
-	requirements for Chinese characters and Indian characters which have
considerable internal complexity
etc.

Does anyone:
1.	have any ideas on grouping the information sensibly
2.	have any answers to fill in cells of the resulting matrix.

Thanks,

Richard E. Birch
Senior Translation Systems Specialist
Rank Xerox Technical Centre.