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Article #1210Re: 16 bit characters
From: rsilverman
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1989 15:29
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1989 15:29
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In article <5203@ogccse.ogc.edu>, goward@ogccse.ogc.edu (Philip Goward) writes:
> I've been wondering how PostScript adapts to 16-bit fonts, such
> as Kanji. How are characters with codes > 255 accessed? ...
The standard definition of PostScript does not allow for more than 256
characters to be encoded at once (although there can be many more characters in
a font, accessible by reencoding the font on the fly, or creating multiple
fonts based on the same set of character definitions with different encoding
vectors). I remember reading that sometime in the past few months, Adobe
started marketing an extended version that could deal better with the
requirements of non-Roman writing systems.
Richard Silverman
arpa: rsilverman@eagle.wesleyan.edu Systems Engineer
bitnet: rsilverman@wesleyan.bitnet AM Computer Products
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